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Published on: October 19, 2017
Separation of niobium and tantalum by extraction chromatography with bis(2-ethylhexyl)phosphoric acid
1Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay 400 076, India.
Abstract:
A novel method is developed for the reversed-phase extractive chromatographic separation of niobium and tantalum with bis(2-ethylhexyl)phosphoric acid. Niobium is extracted from 1-10M hydrochloric acid and can be stripped with 3M sulphuric acid containing 2% hydrogen peroxide. Tantalum is extracted from 0.1-2M hydrochloric acid and can be stripped with 0.1M hydrochloric acid containing 2M tartaric acid. It is possible to separate niobium and tantalum, in different ratios, from multicomponent mixtures.
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