Extraction of Scandium from Red Mud Using ELM with P204 as Carrier

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Scandium is an important rare earth element. Stacking of red mud has caused serious environmental and social issues. Red mud is rich in scandium. In this paper, recovery of scandium from red mud by emulsion liquid membrane (ELM) was studied. Composition of ELM is P204-Span80-sulfonated kerosene-HCl. Effects of mobile carrier and surfactant concentration, Roi, Rwe, internal and external aqueous phase acidity on the extracting rate of Sc3+ were studied. Results show that it is feasible for P204-Span80-Sulfonated Kerosene-HCl ELM System extracting Sc3+ from red mud leaching solution. The optimum condition is P204=12%, Span80=3%, Roi= 2:3, Rwe=6, the internal aqueous c(HCl)= 4mol/L, the external aqueous phase pH=2, the time of making emulsion is 20 minutes, extracting time is 15 minutes. The extracting rate of Sc3+ can reach to 99.6% under optimal condition. The extracting rate of other impurities is lower than 5%.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 602-604)

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1116-1119

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December 2012

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