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Development of Antagonistic Solvent Extraction Systems for Selective Separation of Copper, Cobalt, and Nickel in Ammoniacal Solution

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Rare Metal Technology 2022

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Selective separation of copper, cobalt, and nickel from ammoniacal solution using antagonistic solvent extraction (SX) systems has been developed. Copper was first selectively extracted using a combination of LIX 84-I and TBP. Subsequently, cobalt was separated from nickel using a combination of PC88A and Alamine 336. Effects of parameters that were investigated include the total ammonia, initial metal concentration, extractants molar ratio, total extractant concentration and phase ratio. The results show that antagonistic interaction of each combination was suitable for selective separation of copper and cobalt, leaving nickel in the ammoniacal solution for further processing. The two-stage antagonistic SX method is simple and promising for further appropriate treatment steps, and can be regarded as the basis for a sustainable metal separation process.

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This paper was supported by the Energy Technology Development Program of Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP) grant funded by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (Project no. 20217510100080).

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  1. Resource Recycling, Korea University of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 34113, Republic of Korea

    Kurniawan Kurniawan, Jae-chun Lee, Jonghyun Kim & Sookyung Kim

  2. Mineral Resources Research Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM), Daejeon, 34132, Republic of Korea

    Kurniawan Kurniawan, Jae-chun Lee, Jonghyun Kim & Sookyung Kim

  3. Department of Integrated Energy and Infra System, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Gangwon-do, 24341, Republic of Korea

    Ha Bich Trinh

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Kurniawan, K., Lee, Jc., Kim, J., Trinh, H.B., Kim, S. (2022). Development of Antagonistic Solvent Extraction Systems for Selective Separation of Copper, Cobalt, and Nickel in Ammoniacal Solution. In: Ouchi, T., et al. Rare Metal Technology 2022. The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92662-5_17

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