Solvent extraction of rare earth elements using phosphonic/phosphinic acid mixtures

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 157, Issue , 2015, Pages 298-305

  Quinn, James E ^a   Soldenhoff, Karin H ^a   Stevens, Geoff W ^b   Lengkeek, Nigel A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cyanex 572; Lanthanides, Solvent Extraction; Rare Earths; Synergistic

Indexed keywords

DYSPROSIUM; DYSPROSIUM COMPOUNDS; ERBIUM; ERBIUM COMPOUNDS; EXTRACTION; LUTETIUM; MIXTURES; NEODYMIUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC ACIDS; PRASEODYMIUM; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; RARE EARTHS; SAMARIUM; YTTERBIUM; YTTRIUM; YTTRIUM ALLOYS;

ANTAGONISTIC EFFECTS; CYANEX 572; DIMER CONCENTRATIONS; DISTRIBUTION RATIO; EXTRACTANT CONCENTRATION; RARE EARTH SEPARATION; SEPARATION FACTORS; SYNERGISTIC;

SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

EID: 84941917702     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2015.09.005     Document Type: Article

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