TY - JOUR
T1 - Selective Eu(III) electro-reduction and subsequent separation of Eu(II) from rare earths(III) via HDEHP impregnated resin
AU - Jelinek, Ludek
AU - Wei, Yuezhou
AU - Arai, Tsuyoshi
AU - Kumagai, Mikio
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was financially supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).
PY - 2007/7
Y1 - 2007/7
N2 - Eu(III) was selectively reduced to Eu(II) at three-dimensional glassy carbon cathode in 0.01 mol·dm-3 hydrochloric acid medium. Eu(III) reduction took place after all the dissolved oxygen was reduced and then proceeded steadily. Separation of Eu(II) from trivalent rare earths (La, Ce, Sm, Gd, Er, Yb) was carried out using a novel impregnated resin based on bis(2-ethylhexy1)phosphoric acid. Eu(II) showed much lower affinity towards the resin than the trivalent rare earths and broke through the column readily. Eu of purity higher than 99.8% was yielded. The back-oxidation of Eu(II) was observed during the sorption and Eu(III) was absorbed onto the resin. Adsorbed light and middle rare earths could be stripped from the loaded resin by 3M hydrochloric acid. Stripping of heavy rare earths (Er, Yb) was problematic.
AB - Eu(III) was selectively reduced to Eu(II) at three-dimensional glassy carbon cathode in 0.01 mol·dm-3 hydrochloric acid medium. Eu(III) reduction took place after all the dissolved oxygen was reduced and then proceeded steadily. Separation of Eu(II) from trivalent rare earths (La, Ce, Sm, Gd, Er, Yb) was carried out using a novel impregnated resin based on bis(2-ethylhexy1)phosphoric acid. Eu(II) showed much lower affinity towards the resin than the trivalent rare earths and broke through the column readily. Eu of purity higher than 99.8% was yielded. The back-oxidation of Eu(II) was observed during the sorption and Eu(III) was absorbed onto the resin. Adsorbed light and middle rare earths could be stripped from the loaded resin by 3M hydrochloric acid. Stripping of heavy rare earths (Er, Yb) was problematic.
KW - Eu
KW - Rare earths
KW - Separation
KW - Solvent impregnated resin
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U2 - 10.1080/07366290701415911
DO - 10.1080/07366290701415911
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34447312196
VL - 25
SP - 503
EP - 513
JO - Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange
JF - Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange
SN - 0736-6299
IS - 4
ER -