Composition and use of the composition for the extraction of metals from aqueous solution
US6113804A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 3, 1993 |
| Grant date | Sep 5, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 3, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S423/14
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A composition for use in extracting copper values from aqueous solutions of metal salts comprises one or more o-hydroxyaryloximes containing at least 5 aliphatic or alicyclic carbon atoms which are strong metal extractants which, in 0.2 molar solution in an aliphatic hydrocarbon solution when loaded with 50% of the theoretical uptake of copper, will be in equilibrium with a 0.1 molar solution of copper as copper perchlorate at a pH less than 1 and one or more branched chain aliphatic or aliphatic-aromatic esters containing 10 to 30 carbon atoms, wherein the ratio of the number of methyl carbon atoms to the number of non-methyl carbon atoms is higher 1:5 and the weight ratio of A to B being in the range of 10:1 to 1:3.
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