Abstract
Eudialyte-group minerals are of scientific interest as important concentrators of rare elements (mainly Zr and REE) in agpaitic alkaline rocks and a potential source of REE, Zr, Hf, Nb, and Ta for industrial use. Extraction of uranium(VI), thorium(IV), zirconium(IV), hafnium(IV), titanium(IV), and scandium(III) by a binary extractant based on 1,5-bis[2-(hydroxyethoxyphosphoryl)-4-ethylphenoxy]-3-oxapentane and methyl trioctylammonium nitrate from eudialyte breakdown solutions is studied. Extraction isotherms were obtained and exhaustive extraction was investigated. It is shown that uranium, thorium, hafnium, zirconium, scandium, and titanium are almost completely recovered in two-stage extraction by a mixture of 1,5-bis[2-(hydroxyethoxyphosphoryl)-4-ethylphenoxy]-3-oxapentane and methyltrioctylammonium nitrate in 1,2-dichloroethane. Quantitative characteristics were compared for uranium(VI), thorium(IV), zirconium(IV), hafnium(IV), titanium(IV), and scandium(III). It was shown that the extraction efficiency of the metals by the binary extractant based on 1,5-bis[2-(hydroxyethoxyphosphoryl)-4-ethylphenoxy]-3-oxapentane and methyltrioctylammonium nitrate in 1,2-dichloroethane is much higher in comparison with the commercially available tributyl phosphate.
Funder
Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Russia
Subject
Geology,Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology
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