Chinese Journal of Applied Chemistry ›› 2016, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (3): 330-335.DOI: 10.11944/j.issn.1000-0518.2016.03.150305

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Extraction of Sc(Ⅲ) Using a Bifunctional Ionic Liquid [A336][P507]

SHEN Luab,CHEN Jia*(),DENG Yuefenga   

  1. aState Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resources Utilization,Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Changchun 130022,China
    bGraduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100049,China
  • Received:2015-08-24 Accepted:2015-11-20 Published:2016-03-02 Online:2016-03-02
  • Contact: CHEN Ji
  • Supported by:
    Supported by National Basic Research Program of China(No.2012CBA01202), the Natural Science Foundation of China(No.Grant 51174184)

Abstract:

Extraction of Sc(Ⅲ) from HNO3 medium and HCl medium using a bifunctional ionic liquid extractant [A336][P507] was investigated. The results show that the extractability of Sc(Ⅲ) by [A336][P507] is high at low acidity. The extraction efficiency of Sc(Ⅲ) decreases when the aqueous phase acidity increases from 0.5 mol/L to 4 mol/L. The extraction mechanism was investigated. The extracted complex of Sc(Ⅲ) is different from light REs due to the smaller radius of Sc(Ⅲ) and the competitive effect of P—O and P=O. The extraction efficiency of Sc(Ⅲ) is enhanced with the increase concentration of NaCl or NaNO3 in the aqueous phase. Thermodynamic functions of the extraction reaction demonstrate that the extraction of Sc(Ⅲ) is an exothermic process. Extraction of other rare earth ions at low acidity by the extractant is negligible suggesting that [A336][P507] has potential in industrial applications of Sc(Ⅲ) extraction and separation over other rare earth ions.

 

Key words: [A336][P507], extraction, Sc(Ⅲ), hydrochloric acid medium and nitric acid medium

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