the effect of acetate ion introduced to aqueous solutions was investigated for the extraction/separation of ni and co from a dilute sulfate media. the separation of co and ni was improved by introducing acetate to aqueous media. by the use of the slope analysis method,the stoichiometric coefficient of the extractant was found to be 4 for cobalt and 3.5 or 4 for nickel depending on the acetate c...

Extraction of heavy metals in membrane contactors was investigated theoretically in this study. Extraction of Cu2+ with a kerosene solution of di(2-ethylhexyl) phosphoric acid (D2EHPA) was studied. Simulations were performed using computational fluid dynamics of mass and momentum transfer in all subdomains of a circular membrane contactor. The membrane contactor consists of three sections: lume...