Lithium, declared critical raw material by the European Union in 2020, is a competitor to hydrogen as alternative petroleum. Its use increasing while reserves are declining, boosting new sources, seawater desalination concentrates. In this work, computational study of most promising extractants, β-diketones and organophosphates combinations thereof, towards lithium presence metal ions found con...

An extraction-spectrophotometric method for determination of nickel at sub ppm level using 2[(2-mercaptophenylimino)methyl]phenol (MPMP) as the new extractant is described. The reagent reacts with nickel(II) at pH > 10 and form a 1:2 brown complex, which is extracted into chloroform. The complex has a maximum absorption at 421 nm with the molar absorptivity of 2.41 × 10 M cm. Beer’s law is obey...

In this study surface modified SBA-15, coated with octadecyltrichlorosilane (C18), is considered as an alternative adsorbent for metal ions in water. The SBA-C18 was loaded with Bis(2,4,4-trimethylpentyl) phosphinic acid (cyanex 272) as the metal ion extractant. The adsorption characteristics of phosphinic acid loaded SBA-C18 were evaluated for Cu(II) and Zn(II) ions in aqueous solution. Adsorp...

The chemical degradation of an extraction solvent composed of a mixture of tri-n-octylamine (extractant) and 1-tridecanol (phase modifier) in n-dodecane in contact with an acidic aqueous sulfate solution containing chromium(VI) has been investigated. The kinetics of degradation and the degradation products have been determined. GC-MS analyses evidenced the formation of 1-tridecanal, di-n-octyla...