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The adsorption of transition metal cations on hydrated titanium dioxide in complexing ammonia and amine solutions has been studied as a function of ammonia (amine) concentration. The relationships between the distribution coefficients and ammonia concentration as well as the effects of various amines on sorption of transition metals indicate that a coordinate bond is formed between the metal ions and the hydroxy groups of the sorbent. The distribution coefficients of silver(I) and cobalt(III), which form strong ammonia complexes in aqueous solutions, decrease with increasing concentration of ammonia already at concentrations exceeding 10−3. mol·dm−3. Cations of zinc, manganese and mercury which form much weakerammonia complexes do not exhibit any effect of ammonia concentration in the whole range investigated. In the case of sorption of macroamounts of ammonia or amine complexes of silver, the molecular sieve effect plays an important role. The differences in the affinity of hydrated titanium dioxide for ammonia solvates of various transition metal ions can serve as a tool for effective separation of these ions in ammonia solutions.
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Bilewicz, A., Dybczynski, R. & Narbutt, J. Ion exchange of some transition metal cations on hydrated titanium dioxide in aqueous ammonia solutions. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Articles 158, 273–282 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02047114
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02047114