On the extraction and separation of iodide complex of cadmium(II) in propyl-alcohol ammonium sulfate aqueous biphasic system

Xiaohai Liu, Yuntao Gao, Runsheng Tang, Wei Wang

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Abstract

The distribution behavior of iodide complex of Cd(II) in the propyl-alcohol ammonium sulfate aqueous biphasic extraction systems was experimentally investigated in this study. In the presence of NH4I and HCl medium, Cd(II) was found to be extracted into the propyl-alcohol phase as a result of the formation of ion pair [CdI42-·(PrOH2+) 2]. The experimental results indicated that cadmium can be quantitatively extracted by the proposed method, and an extraction percentage of 99.2% can be achieved under the suggested optimal extraction conditions. The potential applications of the proposed method to the separation of cadmium from base metals, such as Fe2+, Ca2+, Mg2+, Mn2+, Al3+, Pb2+ and Zn2+ in synthetic samples, and to the separation of cadmium from Cd contaminated soils were also investigated in this work.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)263-266
Number of pages4
JournalSeparation and Purification Technology
Volume50
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Jun 2006
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Aqueous biphasic extraction system
  • Cadmium
  • Propyl-alcohol (PrOH)
  • Separation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Filtration and Separation

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