China is a major producer of rhenium, which is widely used in aerospace technologies （as superalloy） and petrochemical industries （as catalyst）. There is a gap between the demand and fact for the enrichment of rhe...China is a major producer of rhenium, which is widely used in aerospace technologies （as superalloy） and petrochemical industries （as catalyst）. There is a gap between the demand and fact for the enrichment of rhenium, due to its rather small content （10-9） in the earth＇s crust. Also, there is no available single occurrence of mineral rhenium. Instead, the rhenium is associated with either molybdenum or copper （of up to 0.2% in content） as a by-product in metallurgical industry. This makes the separation of rhenium from the major mineral metals a challenge. The recent progresses in the separation and enrichment of rhenium were reviewed in this paper, especially, the advances in China. The details of varied separation methods used either in laboratories or factories, such as ion-exchange, solvent extraction, separation utilizing extractive resins, liquid membrane, or novel materials, etc., were elaborated. Comparison of the different methods was disclosed and an outlook on the rhenium chemistry and industry in the future was brought forward.展开更多
N,N-dibutyldiglycol amic acid （HL1） and N,N-dioctyldiglycol nmic acid （HLu） were synthesized and characterized by conventional spectroscopic methods. These molecules were examined as extractants for extraction-sep...N,N-dibutyldiglycol amic acid （HL1） and N,N-dioctyldiglycol nmic acid （HLu） were synthesized and characterized by conventional spectroscopic methods. These molecules were examined as extractants for extraction-separation of La（Ⅲ）, Eu（Ⅲ） and Er（Ⅲ）, as representative ions of light, middle and heavy rare earths, from aqueous chloride solutions. The analysis of the extraction equilibria revealed that the extracted species of lanthanum and europium ions by both of the extractants had a 1：3 metal to ligand ratio It was suggested that erbium ions were extracted into the organic phase via the formation ofEr（LIor Ⅱ）2Cl complexes. The effect of the organic diluents on the extraction-separation efficiency of the studied rare earths by HLI and HLⅡ was investigated by comparing the results obtained in dichloromethane and carbon tetrachloride. Regardless to the diluent used, the order of selectivity presented by the investigated extractants was Er（Ⅲ）〉Eu（Ⅲ）〉La（Ⅲ）. It is noteworthy that, a significant enhancement in separation of the studied rare earths by the extractants was achieved in their competitive extraction experiments with respect to that obtained in single component extraction experiments. Applicability of the extractants for the removal of rare earth ions from spent Ni-MH batteries was tested by removal ofLa（Ⅲ）, Eu（Ⅲ） and Er（Ⅲ） ions from simulated leach solution of such batteries.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.21472194,21701073 and 21772202)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No. lzujbky-2017-12)
文摘China is a major producer of rhenium, which is widely used in aerospace technologies （as superalloy） and petrochemical industries （as catalyst）. There is a gap between the demand and fact for the enrichment of rhenium, due to its rather small content （10-9） in the earth＇s crust. Also, there is no available single occurrence of mineral rhenium. Instead, the rhenium is associated with either molybdenum or copper （of up to 0.2% in content） as a by-product in metallurgical industry. This makes the separation of rhenium from the major mineral metals a challenge. The recent progresses in the separation and enrichment of rhenium were reviewed in this paper, especially, the advances in China. The details of varied separation methods used either in laboratories or factories, such as ion-exchange, solvent extraction, separation utilizing extractive resins, liquid membrane, or novel materials, etc., were elaborated. Comparison of the different methods was disclosed and an outlook on the rhenium chemistry and industry in the future was brought forward.
文摘N,N-dibutyldiglycol amic acid （HL1） and N,N-dioctyldiglycol nmic acid （HLu） were synthesized and characterized by conventional spectroscopic methods. These molecules were examined as extractants for extraction-separation of La（Ⅲ）, Eu（Ⅲ） and Er（Ⅲ）, as representative ions of light, middle and heavy rare earths, from aqueous chloride solutions. The analysis of the extraction equilibria revealed that the extracted species of lanthanum and europium ions by both of the extractants had a 1：3 metal to ligand ratio It was suggested that erbium ions were extracted into the organic phase via the formation ofEr（LIor Ⅱ）2Cl complexes. The effect of the organic diluents on the extraction-separation efficiency of the studied rare earths by HLI and HLⅡ was investigated by comparing the results obtained in dichloromethane and carbon tetrachloride. Regardless to the diluent used, the order of selectivity presented by the investigated extractants was Er（Ⅲ）〉Eu（Ⅲ）〉La（Ⅲ）. It is noteworthy that, a significant enhancement in separation of the studied rare earths by the extractants was achieved in their competitive extraction experiments with respect to that obtained in single component extraction experiments. Applicability of the extractants for the removal of rare earth ions from spent Ni-MH batteries was tested by removal ofLa（Ⅲ）, Eu（Ⅲ） and Er（Ⅲ） ions from simulated leach solution of such batteries.
