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Heavy rare earth and light rare earth separation method and extraction agent

A separation method, light rare earth technology, applied in the direction of improving process efficiency, etc., can solve the problems of long extraction equilibrium time, low separation efficiency, poor selectivity, etc., to achieve slow extraction kinetics, high extraction efficiency, and strong specificity Effect

Inactive Publication Date: 2013-12-18
LANZHOU UNIVERSITY
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The common problems of these methods are that the separation efficiency is low, the selectivity is poor, the acidity used for stripping is higher, and the extraction equilibrium time is longer ( J Chem Technol Biotechnol 2009; 84 : 565–569; Hydrometallurgy 97:198–203 (2009)

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[0035] The extractant 1-methylimidazole or 2-methylimidazole specifically used in the present invention can be obtained commercially. In the imidazolium-based ionic liquid used in the related experiments of the present invention, the anion is hexachlorophosphate or ditrifluoromethylsulfonamide, and the substituents on the imidazole ring of the cation can be changed.

[0036] The results of some specific experiments are provided below:

[0037] Ionic liquid preparation example

[0038] The imidazole ionic liquid used in each embodiment described later is 1-methylimidazole bistrifluoromethanesulfonamide shown in formula 3, which can be obtained commercially, and can also be synthesized by the reaction of formula 4

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[0040] Preparation, reference can be made to the preparation of ionic liquids ( Solvent Extr. Ion Exch. , 2006, 24, 19-31). An example of the preparation of an ionic liquid is provided below:

[0041] In a 250mL three-necked flask, add equimolar 1-me...

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The invention discloses a heavy rare earth and light rare earth separation method and a heavy rare earth and light rare earth separation extraction agent. The method includes the step of conducting extraction on a rare earth element and nitrate mixed aqueous solution through imidazolyl ionic liquid where the extraction agent is dissolved or chloroform where the extraction agent is dissolved or a 1-pentanol diluent where the extraction agent is dissolved so that heavy rare earth elements can be extracted and yttrium and light rare earth elements can be kept in the aqueous phase, wherein the extraction agent which is used is 1-methylimidazole shown in the chemical formula 1 or 2-methylimidazole shown in the chemical formula 2 when the diluent is the imidazolyl ionic liquid or the chloroform, and the extraction agent which is used is 2-methylimidazole shown in the chemical formula 2 when the diluent is the 1-pentanol diluent. The heavy rare earth and light rare earth separation method and the heavy rare earth and light rare earth separation extraction agent have the advantages that the extraction agent is low in price and can be easily obtained, the extraction system is simple, the extraction efficiency is high, the amount of the extraction agent which is used is small, and the specificity is strong.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a method for separating heavy rare earth metals from light rare earth metals, to the extraction agent used, and to a new use of a known substance. Background technique [0002] Rare earth elements are widely used in many fields of national economy and national defense construction, and their importance is increasing day by day. Since rare earth elements have very similar properties and coexist in nature, their mutual separation has become a major problem in separation science. [0003] Separation methods currently used in rare earth production: [0004] (1) Step-by-step method The step-by-step method uses the difference in the degree of difficulty (solubility) of compounds to dissolve in solvents to separate and purify. Because the solubility difference between the rare earth element compounds is very small, the separation of the two rare earth elements must be repeated many times, so this is a very difficult task (Gupta an...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): C22B3/36C22B59/00
CPCY02P10/20
Inventor 沈颖林
Owner LANZHOU UNIVERSITY
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