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Separation of Ni and Fe from $H_2SO_4$ leaching solution of scrapped Fe-Ni alloy  

Yoo, Kyoung-Keun (Minerals & Materials Processing Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience & Mineral Resources(KIGAM))
Jha, Manis Kumar (Minerals & Materials Processing Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience & Mineral Resources(KIGAM))
Kim, Min-Seuk (Minerals & Materials Processing Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience & Mineral Resources(KIGAM))
Yoo, Jae-Min (Minerals & Materials Processing Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience & Mineral Resources(KIGAM))
Jeong, Jin-Ki (Minerals & Materials Processing Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience & Mineral Resources(KIGAM))
Lee, Jae-Chun (Minerals & Materials Processing Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience & Mineral Resources(KIGAM))
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Resources Recycling / v.17, no.1, 2008 , pp. 80-87 More about this Journal
Abstract
Cementation and solvent extraction processes were studied to separate nickel and iron ions from the $H_2SO_4$ leaching solution with 47 g/L $Fe(Fe^{2+}/Fe^{3+}=1.03),$, 23.5 g/L Ni and 0.90M $H_2SO_4$ which leached from Fe-Ni alloy. Iron powder was used as a reducing agent for the cementation of Ni ion from the leaching solution. The reduction percentage of Ni ion was $17{\sim}20%$ by adding 4 times stoichiometric amount of iron powder at $60{\sim}80$. This may result from the fact that the cementation of Ni ion occurred after the reduction of $Fe^{3+}$ to $Fe^{2+}$ and the neutralization of $H_2SO_4$ with iron powder. The cementation process was proved to be unfeasible for the separation/recovery of Ni ion from the leaching solution including $Fe^{3+}$ as a major component. $Fe^{2+}$ present in the leaching solution was converted to $Fe^{3+}$ for solvent extraction of Fe ion using D2EHPA in kerosene as a extractant. The oxidation of $Fe^{2+}$ to $Fe^{3+}$ was completed by the addition of 1.2 times stoichiometric amount of 35% $H_2SO_4$. 99.6% $Fe^{3+}$ was extracted from the leaching solution (23.5 g/L $Fe^{3+}$) by 4 stages cross-current extraction using 20 vol.% D2EHPA in kerosene. $NiSO_4$ solution with 98.5% purity was recovered from the $H_2SO_4$ leaching solution of scrapped Fe-Ni alloy.
Keywords
Nickel; Iron; Cementation; Solvent extraction; Separation; D2EHPA;
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