A novel process for the separation of hafnium from thiocyanic acid medium using the mixture of diisobutyl ketone（DIBK） and tributyl phosphate（TBP） as the extractant was developed.This extraction process was invest...A novel process for the separation of hafnium from thiocyanic acid medium using the mixture of diisobutyl ketone（DIBK） and tributyl phosphate（TBP） as the extractant was developed.This extraction process was investigated experimentally as a function of the amount of TBP added,acidity,zirconium and hafnium concentrations,salting-out agent,temperature,duration,respectively.The results show that hafnium is enriched in the organic layer and zirconium is in aqueous layer in DIBK-TBP system.Under the optimal technological conditions：TBP addition 20%（v/v）,aqueous phase acidity 3.0 mol/L,ammonium sulfate addition 0.8-1.25 mol/L,room temperature and extraction time 10 min,the separation factor of hafnium from zirconium is 9.3.展开更多
基金Project (2012BAB10B10) supported by the National Key Technology R&D Program during the 12th Five-year Plan of ChinaProject (51174146) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China+2 种基金Project (212110) supported by the Foundation for Key Program of Ministry of Education,ChinaProject (Q20111509) supported by the Program for Excellent Talents of the Education Department of Hubei Province,ChinaProject (10125042) supported by the Scientific Research Foundation of Wuhan Institute of Technology,China
文摘A novel process for the separation of hafnium from thiocyanic acid medium using the mixture of diisobutyl ketone（DIBK） and tributyl phosphate（TBP） as the extractant was developed.This extraction process was investigated experimentally as a function of the amount of TBP added,acidity,zirconium and hafnium concentrations,salting-out agent,temperature,duration,respectively.The results show that hafnium is enriched in the organic layer and zirconium is in aqueous layer in DIBK-TBP system.Under the optimal technological conditions：TBP addition 20%（v/v）,aqueous phase acidity 3.0 mol/L,ammonium sulfate addition 0.8-1.25 mol/L,room temperature and extraction time 10 min,the separation factor of hafnium from zirconium is 9.3.
