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Recovery of Manganese Ions from Aqueous Solutions with Cyanex 272 Using Emulsion Liquid Membrane Technique: A Design of Experiment Study

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Manganese (Mn) is one of the most widely used metals in industry, even if it is highly toxic. Thus, the accumulation of manganese-containing wastes is one of the main environmental concerns. For this reason, its recovery from aqueous solutions is of particular importance and is gaining a lot of interest. Among the water treatments, emulsion liquid membrane (ELM) presents several advantages, such as ease of use, high efficiency, and single-step extraction. Therefore, the ELM technique has a high potential to replace the conventional methods for removing heavy metal ions, particularly for its high removal efficiency. The present research aims to analyze the feasibility of manganese ions removal from the water via the ELM method. Therefore, in the first step, the physicochemical factors affecting the stability of the liquid membrane were investigated. Then, the fractional factorial design (FFD) method was used to screen and choose the pivotal, influential factors on manganese ion extraction, such as carrier concentration, emulsion-to-feed phase volume ratio, feed phase pH, water-in-oil-in-water (W/O/W) emulsion stirring time and speed. Based on the collected results, the maximum extraction (> 97%) was achieved when the carrier concentration, emulsion/feed phase volume ratio, feed phase pH, W/O/W emulsion stirring time, and W/O/W emulsion stirring speed were ~ 8% v/v, ~ 3, ~ 4, ~ 17 min, and ~ 450 rpm, respectively.

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  3. Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran

    Aziz Babapoor

  4. Department of Engineering, INSTM RU, University of Rome “Niccolò Cusano”, via Don Carlo Gnocchi 3, 00166, Rome, Italy

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Salahshoori, I., Seyfaee, A., Babapoor, A. et al. Recovery of Manganese Ions from Aqueous Solutions with Cyanex 272 Using Emulsion Liquid Membrane Technique: A Design of Experiment Study. J. Sustain. Metall. 7, 1074–1090 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40831-021-00396-6

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