| Literature DB >> 26282975 |
Tom Vander Hoogerstraete1, Bieke Onghena1, Koen Binnemans1.
Abstract
Binary mixtures of the ionic liquid betainium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide and water show an upper critical solution temperature. This solvent system has been used to extract metal ions by phase-transition extraction, using zwitterionic betaine as extractant. The system is efficient for the extraction of trivalent rare-earth, indium and gallium ions. This new type of metal extraction system avoids problems associated with the use of viscous ionic liquids, namely, the difficulty of intense mixing of the aqueous and ionic liquid phases by stirring.Entities:
Keywords: gallium; indium; ionic liquids; phase transitions; rare earths; solvent extraction; thermomorphic behavior
Year: 2013 PMID: 26282975 DOI: 10.1021/jz4005366
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Phys Chem Lett ISSN: 1948-7185 Impact factor: 6.475