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Intensification of tellurium separation through the multistage bulk liquid membrane technique from nitric acid leaching liquor of Copper anode slime

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In this study, selective separation of tellurium from nitric acid leaching liquor obtained from Sarcheshmeh Copper anode slime was performed by using a bulk liquid membrane (BLM). To find the optimum operational conditions, the experiments were designed using the Taguchi method. The effect of TBP concentration in the liquid membrane phase and hydrochloric acid concentration in the donor and acceptor phases was investigated on selective extraction of tellurium. The maximum selectivity of tellurium relative to selenium and Copper was obtained equal to 10.87 and 70.05, respectively, in 4 M hydrochloric acid of the donor phase, 30% (v/v) TBP in kerosene, and the 0.5 M hydrochloric acid in acceptor phase. At these conditions, the transfer percentage (TF%) of tellurium was obtained equal to 14.04%. Moreover, to increase the selectivity and TF% of Te, the time effect and the number of separation stages (BLM) were investigated at the aforementioned optimum conditions. The results showed that TF% and the selectivity of Te to Se increase to 33.93% and 15.5, respectively, by increasing the time up to 240 min. Furthermore, using multistage BLM leads to an increase in the selectivity of tellurium than selenium and Copper up to 2549 and 4530.6, respectively, after using only four separation stages.

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Abbreviations

a :

Ions in the acceptor phase

BLM:

Bulk liquid membrane

d :

Ions in the donor phase

DOE:

Design of experiments

LM:

Liquid membrane phase

m :

Ions in the membrane phase

MBLM:

Multistage bulk liquid membrane

na :

Order of back-extraction reaction

nd :

Order of extraction reaction

SF:

Selectivity factor

S/N:

Signal to noise ratio

TF%:

Transfer percentage

TBP:

Tributyl phosphate

C a, t :

Concentration of the solute in the acceptor phase at time t (mol m−3)

C a i :

Concentration of the solute i in acceptor phase (mg L−3)

C d i :

Concentration of the solute i in the donor phase (mg L−3)

C d,in :

Concentration of the solute in the donor phase at initial time (mol m−3)

\(C_{{{\text{m}}i}}\) :

Concentration of the solute i in the membrane phase (mg L−3)

\(k_{1}\) :

Rate constants of extraction process (min−1)

\(k_{2}\) :

Rate constants of back-extraction process (min−1)

n :

Number of experiments

W i :

Weighting factor

y i :

Weighted response of the ith experiment

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Yazdani Ahmad Abadi, N., Kheradmand Saadi, M., Charkhi, A. et al. Intensification of tellurium separation through the multistage bulk liquid membrane technique from nitric acid leaching liquor of Copper anode slime. J IRAN CHEM SOC 19, 413–421 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13738-021-02311-y

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