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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Volume 120, Issue 1-3, Pages 1-7Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2004.12.034
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solvent extraction; copper(II); EDTA; Aliquat 336; formaldehyde; equilibrium
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The effect of formaldehyde (HCHO) on the extraction of Cu(II) from an equimolar EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, H4L) solution with Aliquat 336 in kerosene (a quaternary amine) was examined. Experiments were carried out at different initial concentrations of Cu(II) (1.57-5 mol/m(3)) solution pH (3.0-8.0), HCHO concentrations (0-3 vol.%), Aliquat 336 concentrations (80-400 mol/m(3)), and temperatures (15-35 degrees C). It was shown that the distribution ratios (D) of Cu(II), which exists in the form of complexed anions CuL2-, increased with increasing equilibrium pH (pH(eq)), but reached a plateau at pH(eq) > 4 for the system without HCHO and at pH(eq) > 4.5 for the system with 1 vol.% HCHO. The D values increased with increasing HCHO concentration, likely due to the reduction of Cu(II) to Cu(I) by HCHO in solution. A semi-empirical two-parameter model was proposed to describe the extraction equilibrium, in which the non-ideality in organic phases was considered. The thermodynamic parameters were also evaluated and discussed. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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