화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.18, No.2, 855-859, March, 2012
Species dependent aqueous biphasic extraction of some heavy metals
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A clean liquid.liquid extraction system was designed for extraction of three different heavy metals (Hg2+,Pb2+ and Bi3+) using an Aqueous Biphasic System consisting of a nonionic surfactant Triton X-100 in combination with two different salts viz., magnesium sulphate and sodium citrate. The extraction was monitored in two ways, by direct partitioning as well as by forming a complex with diphenylthiocarbazone (dithizone) for each metal ion in the Triton phase and measuring the colour intensity using a spectrophotometer. The change in extraction pattern at different pH of the salt rich phase was monitored. The possible change in speciation of these metal ions with pH was checked with the software programme ‘CHEAQS’ (Chemical Equilibria in Aquatic Systems). These heavy metals were also found to have higher extraction in the Triton phase when a prior complexation with dithizone was performed. The method may find extensive applications for the removal and decontaminations of the above mentioned toxic heavy metals from a sample.
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