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Recovery of Indium from Secondary Resources by Hydrometallurgical Method

2차(次) 자원(資源)으로부터 습식방법(濕式方法)에 의한 인듐의 회수(回收)

  • Wang, Lingyun (Department of Advanced Materials Science & Engineering, Institute of Rare Metal, Mokpo National University) ;
  • Lee, Manseung (Department of Advanced Materials Science & Engineering, Institute of Rare Metal, Mokpo National University)
  • 왕능운 (목포대학교 공과대학 신소재공학과) ;
  • 이만승 (목포대학교 공과대학 신소재공학과)
  • Received : 2012.10.04
  • Accepted : 2012.11.29
  • Published : 2013.04.30
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Abstract

Indium is one of the rare metals, and it has been used mainly for preparation of indium tin oxide (ITO). This review investigated the process parameters and the merits and demerits of several methods to recover indium from the leaching solution of secondary resources, such as solvent extraction, ion exchange, and precipitation. D2EHPA has been used mostly as a cationic extractant for indium extraction in moderate acid solutions, while amine extractants are used in strong hydrochloric acid solution. Since the loading capacity of resins for indium is generally small, ion exchange has some advantage over solvent extraction only when the concentration of indium is low.

인듐은 희유금속으로 주로 ITO제조에 사용된다. 본 총설에서는 인듐을 함유한 2차자원을 침출한 용액으로부터 인듐을 분리하기 위한 용매추출, 이온교환 및 석출법에 대한 공정 조건 및 장단점을 조사했다. 보통 정도의 산성용액에서 인듐의 추출제로 D2EHPA가 가장 많이 사용되고 있으며, 매우 강한 염산용액에서는 아민계 추출제가 사용된다. 일반적으로 이온교환수지의 인듐 흡착량이 낮으므로, 인듐의 농도가 낮은 경우에 한해 이온교환은 용매추출보다 장점이 있다.

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