- MANAS Journal of Engineering
- Vol: 7 Issue: 1
- Separation of chromium and nickel ions by supported liquid membranes using TOA as carrier
Separation of chromium and nickel ions by supported liquid membranes using TOA as carrier
Authors : Vuslat Sarikaya, Osman Tutkun, Kurmancan Kaparova
Pages : 1-6
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Publication Date : 2019-06-18
Article Type : Research
Abstract :The extensive use of chromium in leather tanning, metallurgy, electroplating and other industries has resulted in the release of aqueous chromium to the subsurface at numerous sites. Cr (VI) has received considerable attention owing to its extensive industrial applications and has long been recognised as a toxic substance due to its strong oxidising potential and the ease with which it can cross the biological membranes. In recent years the application of various solvent extraction technologies to the removal and concentration of chromium have been widely studied; chemical precipitation, ion exchange, reverse osmosis, diffusion dialysis, adsorption, liquid membrane technique are some of the alternatives that have been reported in the literature. Recently supported liquid membrane (SLM) extraction is an alternative to conventional solvent extraction due to its advantages like high selectivity, operational simplicity, low solvent inventory, low energy consumption, zero effluent discharge and combination of extraction and stripping into one single unit. In this work the selective separation of chromium from acidic media, containing the mixtures of chromium and nickel by SLM was investigated using TOA (tri-octylamine) as carrier. The liquid membrane was consisted of the desired concentration of an extractant (TOA), a modifier (TBP), and a diluent (chloroform, kerosene, cyclohexane). The membrane support was microporous hydrophobic polypropylene Celgard 2500. Such parameters as, the solvent type, feed solution pH, extractant (TOA) concentration, modifier (TBP) concentration and temperature were experimentally studied and the optimum conditions were determined. The permeation coefficients (P) and the initial fluxes of chromium (J o ) were calculated. Separation factors of chromium over nickel was calculated from the experimental measurements.Keywords : Supported liquid membranes, chromium-nickel separation, tri-octylamine (TOA), TBP, solvent extraction