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Scandium Solvent Extraction

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Light Metals 2019

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Scandium is a metal with emerging uses in aluminium alloying, lighting and ceramic fuel cell applications. In recent years, an increase in demand for scandium has been hampered by a lack of supply options. This has driven the development of several projects where scandium production is a major focus, in particular laterite sources in Australia, Turkey and the Philippines. Solvent extraction is commonly used for recovery of scandium from the laterite leach solutions. A number of chemicals are available for solvent extraction of scandium. This paper reviews the current available methods and recent adaptations of common processing solutions.

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    Nigel J. Ricketts

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Ricketts, N.J. (2019). Scandium Solvent Extraction. In: Chesonis, C. (eds) Light Metals 2019. The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05864-7_174

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