Separations (Jul 2024)

Production of Perrhenic Acid by Solvent Extraction

  • Karolina Pianowska,
  • Grzegorz Benke,
  • Karolina Goc,
  • Joanna Malarz,
  • Patrycja Kowalik,
  • Katarzyna Leszczyńska-Sejda,
  • Dorota Kopyto

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/separations11080224
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 8
p. 224

Abstract

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The aim of this work was to develop an effective method for obtaining perrhenic acid from available ammonia waste solutions using the solvent extraction method. An ammonia waste solution was used as the test material, with Re and NH4+ concentrations of 13.5 and 43.7 g/dm3, respectively. The scope of this study includes the following: the selection of an appropriate extractant for testing, and the examination of the impact of individual parameters on the efficiency and selectivity of extraction and stripping. The obtained results made it possible to determine the conditions for the production of perrhenic acid via the extraction method using organic solutions of trihexyl(tetradecyl)phosphonium chloride (Cyphos IL 101). The outcome of this study was the development of a method for obtaining perrhenic acid and the production of the acid sample with an efficiency of >90% and a Re concentration of >100 g/dm3.

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