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 language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 263-266 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Separation and Purification Technology |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 15 Jun 2006 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Aqueous biphasic extraction system
- Cadmium
- Propyl-alcohol (PrOH)
- Separation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Analytical Chemistry
- Filtration and Separation