摘要:
The present invention relates generally to a method of extracting cobalt and other impurity metals from a concentrated nickel sulphate solution by a solvent extraction process whereby a cationic solvent extractant is separately pre-equilibrated with a portion of a purified nickel sulphate solution in such a manner that it is loaded with nickel without precipitating insoluble nickel double salts. The nickel loaded extracted is then transferred to an impure cobalt nickel solution where the cobalt and certain other impurity metals exchange with nickel leaving a purified concentrated nickel sulphate solution suitable for hydrogen reduction or electrowinning. The cobalt loaded extractant is stripped with dilute sulphuric acid before being recycled whilst an aqueous cobalt stripped solution is further processed to recover cobalt.
摘要:
A process is provided for the selective recovery from an impure solution of pure nickel and cobalt solutions, suitable for electrolysis of the respective metals. The impure solution may be that obtained from acid leaching of nickel/cobalt bearing laterite or oxide ore. The impure solution is contacted with a solid ion exchange resin to selectively extract nickel and cobalt, while rejecting at least one element of the group manganese, magnesium, calcium, iron(II), and chromium(III). The ion exchange resin contains bis-picolyl amine as the primary chelating group. The impure solution has sufficiently low levels of chromium(VI) and copper to allow repeated use of the ion exchange resin. The metal-bearing resin is washed and then stripped with an acid solution. This solution is then contacted with a water-immiscible organic phase for the selective extraction of cobalt, leaving nickel in the raffinate as a substantially pure nickel solution. The loated organic phase is stripped with another acid solution to produce a substantially pure cobalt solution. The extractant contains an organic phosphinic acid as the active group for extraction. Nickel and cobalt can be recovered in essentially pure form from the respective pure nickel and cobalt solutions by a variety of conventional techniques, for example by electrowinning.
摘要:
A process for the extraction of a metal from an ore or concentrate comprises subjecting the ore or concentrate to pressure oxidation in the presence of oxygen and an acidic solution containing halogen ions and a source of bisulphate or sulphate ions, such as H2SO4. The metals which can be extracted by the process comprises copper, as well as non-cuprous metals, such as zinc, and precious metals, such as gold and silver.
摘要:
L'invention concerne un procédé d'attaque d'un minerai contenant des terres rares. Ce procédé consiste en une attaque sulfurique d'un minerai dans le réacteur 1 puis reprise par une solution de nitrate de calcium en 3, et après élimination des insolubles en 5, récupération des terres rares par un procédé d'extraction liquide/liquide dans les batteries 6a, 6b.
摘要:
La présente invention a pour objet iun procédé de séparation par solvant des éléments terres rares contenus dans des solutions aqueuses. Le procédé de l'invention qui consiste à effectuer une extraction liquide-liquide entre une phase aqueuse renfermant les sels de ces éléments terres rares et une phase organique est caractérisé par le fait que l'on met en contact une solution aqueuse de nitrates de terres rares à séparer avec une phase organique contenant un agent d'extraction qui est constitué par au moins un composé organophosphinique.
摘要:
The invention relates to a method for separating trivalent americium from trivalent curium. According to the inventive method, an aqueous solution containing at least said cations is contacted, at an acid concentration of 0.01 mol/L to 1 mol/L, with an organic solvent containing a bis(aryl)dithiophosphinic acid of general formula (4), wherein R1 = phenyl- or naphthyl, R2 = phenyl- or naphthyl, with methyl-, ethyl-, propyl-, isopropyl-, cyano-, nitro-, halogenyl- (Cl-, F-, Br-, J-) substituted radicals of R1 and R2, R1 and R2 being optionally substituted by at least one component from the group comprising methyl-, ethyl-, propyl-, isopropyl-, cyano-, nitro-, halogenyl- (Cl-, F-, Br-, J-), and with a synergist of general formula (5), wherein X and/or Y and/or Z = RO (=alkoxy) or R (=alkyl), R being optionally branched and/or unbranched. The separation factor for americium (III) and curium (III) has an order of magnitude of 10.
摘要:
A method of separating nickel, cobalt or both from other cations contained in a leach solution, the method including the steps of subjecting the leach solution to separate solvent extraction steps using an organophosphoric acid, a carboxylic acid and an organophosphinic acid.
摘要:
The present invention relates generally to a two step solvent extraction circuit to remove impurity metals of zinc and cobalt selectively from a valuable metal of nickel. In order to selectively extract zinc there must be sufficient separation between zinc and cobalt in the cyanex 272 system. Similarly for cobalt and nickel, the separation factor must be of sufficient magnitude to obtain a pure nickel product. The process for the solvent extraction of impurity metals is operated at a temperature exceeding 60 DEG C being the maximum temperature at which solvent extraction circuits conventionally operate.
摘要:
The present invention relates generally to a two step solvent extraction circuit to remove impurity metals of zinc and cobalt selectively from a valuable metal of nickel. In order to selectively extract zinc there must be sufficient separation between zinc and cobalt in the cyanex 272 system. Similarly for cobalt and nickel, the separation factor must be of sufficient magnitude to obtain a pure nickel product. The process for the solvent extraction of impurity metals is operated at a temperature exceeding 60°C being the maximum temperature at which solvent extraction circuits conventionally operate.