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Abstract
The extraction properties of mono-hydroxy alcohols (2-butyl-1-octanol, 2-ethyl-1-hexanol, 1-octanol) and di-hydroxy alcohols (2-ethyl-1,3-hexanediol, 2-butyl-2-ethyl-1,3-propanediol, 2-methyl-2,4-pentanediol) towards boron, potassium, lithium, sodium, calcium and magnesium ions were investigated as a function of pH and phase volume ratio (O/A) by considering an aqueous phase with a composition mimicking the brine from the Salar de Hombre Muerto in Argentina, in the Lithium Triangle. The mono-hydroxy alcohols are soluble in kerosene and sulfonated kerosene whereas the di-hydroxy alcohols are only soluble in mixtures of kerosene and toluene or m-xylene. No significant effect of the diluent on the extraction properties is observed. All alcohols exhibit high selectivity for boron over potassium, lithium, sodium, calcium and magnesium at acidic pH (pH = 1–5.5). A significant decrease of the extraction efficiency of boron by the mono-hydroxy alcohols is observed at pH >5.5 while no significant decrease of the extraction efficiency occurs with di-hydroxy alcohols. Finally, the best conditions to selectively extract boron from the synthetic brine with 1 mol L−1 mono-hydroxy alcohols or di-hydroxy alcohols at 35 °C are pH = 5.5 and O/A = 4 when the diluent is kerosene and O/A = 2 when the diluent is a mixture of kerosene and toluene.
期刊介绍:
Hydrometallurgy aims to compile studies on novel processes, process design, chemistry, modelling, control, economics and interfaces between unit operations, and to provide a forum for discussions on case histories and operational difficulties.
Topics covered include: leaching of metal values by chemical reagents or bacterial action at ambient or elevated pressures and temperatures; separation of solids from leach liquors; removal of impurities and recovery of metal values by precipitation, ion exchange, solvent extraction, gaseous reduction, cementation, electro-winning and electro-refining; pre-treatment of ores by roasting or chemical treatments such as halogenation or reduction; recycling of reagents and treatment of effluents.