Chengjin Xu , Miaomiao Zhang , Jianhui Su , Xiujing Peng , Xiangfeng Kong , Yanping Luo , Jiahui Sun , Yu Cui , Xuchuan Jiang , Guoxin Sun
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Abstract
The phosphoric acid produced by the nitric acid method cannot be used as an industrial-grade product as a result of the high calcium nitrate content. It can only be used for fertilizer production due to difficulty of complete removal of calcium nitrate. Herein, an efficient approach for the removal of calcium nitrate from the phosphoric acid produced by the nitric acid process was studied. The proposed process is based on solvent extraction with N, N, N′, N′-tetracyclohexyl-3-oxyglutaramide (TCHDGA). The effects of time, diluent, temperature, impurity ions, and the concentrations of extractant and nitric acid on the extraction of Ca2+ were considered. A series of characterization tests involving FT-IR spectroscopy, XPS analysis, slope analysis and X-ray single crystal diffracted analysis revealed that the stoichiometry of the complex is (Ca(NO3)2)(TCHDGA)3. The concentration of Ca2+ in phosphoric acid drops below 5 mg/L a three-stage cross-current extraction process. The stripping efficiency of calcium nitrate in the organic phase by water is above 99.9%. The extraction efficiency of Ca2+ by TCHDGA remained above 96.8% after ten extraction-stripping cycles, realizing the efficient removal of calcium nitrate in the phosphoric acid produced by nitric acid process without changing the traditional production conditions.
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Hydrometallurgy aims to compile studies on novel processes, process design, chemistry, modelling, control, economics and interfaces between unit operations, and to provide a forum for discussions on case histories and operational difficulties.
Topics covered include: leaching of metal values by chemical reagents or bacterial action at ambient or elevated pressures and temperatures; separation of solids from leach liquors; removal of impurities and recovery of metal values by precipitation, ion exchange, solvent extraction, gaseous reduction, cementation, electro-winning and electro-refining; pre-treatment of ores by roasting or chemical treatments such as halogenation or reduction; recycling of reagents and treatment of effluents.