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Current Physical Chemistry

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ISSN (Print): 1877-9468
ISSN (Online): 1877-9476

Research Article

Cloud Point Extraction of Uranyl Ions Using TX-100 with N-butyl N’-Triethoxy Methyl Imidazolium/D2EHPA-H Ionic Liquid in Acetate Media

Author(s): Sanaa Naït-Tahar* and Mohamed Amine Didi

Volume 7, Issue 1, 2017

Page: [57 - 62] Pages: 6

DOI: 10.2174/1877946806666161107172417

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Abstract

Cloud point extraction (CPE) was used to extract uranium (VI) from an aqueous solution in acetate media. The methodology used is based on the formation of uranyl-ionic liquid (I) complexes and uranyl-D2EHPA soluble in a micellar phase of non-ionic surfactant (Triton X-100). The uranium (VI) complexes are then extracted into the surfactant-rich phase at ambient temperature. The ionic liquid (IL) used as a chelating agent was synthesized and characterized in this study. It is composed of N-butyl N’-triethoxy methyl imidazolium cation and anion diethylhexylphosphate (D2EHPA-H).

The effect of the ionic liquid IL on the extraction efficiency was studied in the presence and in the absence of IL’s cation in acetate medium.

Keywords: Acetate medium, cloud-point extraction, ionic liquid, spectrometer, triton X-100, uranium.

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