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Modeling for tungstic precipitation and extraction based on Pitzer equation

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This work presented the results of tungstic precipitation from Na2WO4-Na2SO4-H2O system at 293.15 K, with which the Pitzer parameters of \(\beta _{N{a_2}W{O_4}}^{\left( 0 \right)}\) and \(\beta _{N{a_2}W{O_4}}^{\left( 1 \right)}\) were determined from Pitzer equation by regression. Thus the mean ionic activity coefficients of sodium tungstate were calculated. The obtained \(\beta _{N{a_2}W{O_4}}^{\left( 0 \right)}\) and \(\beta _{N{a_2}W{O_4}}^{\left( 1 \right)}\) were substituted as fixed values in extraction modeling from Na2WO4-H2SO4-H2O system by primary amine (N1923) in toluene as diluent. Meanwhile the activity coefficient expressions in organic phase were varied based on Pitzer theory that the interaction term for the solvent should not be included. The Pitzer parameters for organic phase were re-regressed in order to make the model more accurate. The average absolute relative deviation (AARD) for calculated and experimental molality of WO 2−4 in aqueous phase was 5.24%. The results showed that the model can not only correlate but also predict the liquid-liquid equilibrium (LLE) data.

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  1. School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, National Engineering Research Center of Distillation Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China

    Xinyue Zhang & Yi Zhang

  2. Research Centre for Process Pollution Control, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China

    Xinyue Zhang, Pengge Ning, Weifeng Xu, Hongbin Cao & Yi Zhang

  3. Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin, 300072, China

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Zhang, X., Ning, P., Xu, W. et al. Modeling for tungstic precipitation and extraction based on Pitzer equation. Sci. China Chem. 59, 497–504 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-015-5505-8

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