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Highly enhanced selectivity for the separation of rhenium and molybdenum using amino-functionalized magnetic Cu-ferrites

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An effective method based on magnetic solid-phase extraction for the selective recovery of rhenium and molybdenum has been developed using diethylamine-functionalized magnetic CuFe2O4 (NH2@CuFe2O4) as adsorbents. Various experimental parameters that could affect the extraction efficiency had been investigated in detail. NH2@CuFe2O4 exhibited high adsorption ability and selectivity to \( {\text{ReO}}_{4}^{ - } \) and \( {\text{MoO}}_{4}^{2 - } \); selective separation of \( {\text{ReO}}_{4}^{ - } \) and \( {\text{MoO}}_{4}^{2 - } \) could be achieved by adjusting pH of the aqueous solution. The \( {\text{ReO}}_{4}^{ - } /{\text{MoO}}_{4}^{2 - } \) adsorption reaction was found to be fast, and the adsorption equilibrium was attained within 6.0 min following a pseudo-second-order model with an observed rate constant (k 2) of 0.0215 mg·g−1·min−1/0.0496 mg·g−1·min−1 at 298 K. The adsorption data could be well interpreted by the Langmuir model. The maximum adsorption capacities for \( {\text{ReO}}_{4}^{ - } \) and \( {\text{MoO}}_{4}^{2 - } \) obtained from the Langmuir model are 41.667 and 62.893 mg g−1, respectively. The extraction recovery of \( {\text{ReO}}_{4}^{ - } /{\text{MoO}}_{4}^{2 - } \) was more than 93 % from Mo–Re simulated industrial leach liquor.

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This project was supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China (NSFC51178212), the Foundation of 211 project for Innovative Talent Training, Liaoning University and innovation and entrepreneurship for undergraduates of Liaoning University (X201410140090). The authors also thank their colleagues and other students who participated in this work.

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    Yanhui Li, Lijun Yang, Xueyan Liu, Na Li, Lei Zhang, Qi Li, Yang Yang, Yu Duan & Fuquan Zhang

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Li, Y., Yang, L., Liu, X. et al. Highly enhanced selectivity for the separation of rhenium and molybdenum using amino-functionalized magnetic Cu-ferrites. J Mater Sci 50, 5960–5969 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-015-9140-8

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