Halide and Thiocyanate Metal Acid Complexes Extraction in the Water – Ethoxylated Nonylphenol – Ammonium Sulfate System

Abstract

Nonionic ethoxylated surfactants, including ethoxylated nonylphenols, can be considered as neutral oxygen-containing extraction reagents, the formation of delamination systems with which is possible when salting-out with inorganic salts. In this work, the distribution of halide and thiocyanate acid complexes of thallium (III), iron (III), indium and gallium in the water – ethoxylated nonylphenol (neonol AF 9-12) – ammonium sulfate system at 25°C was investigated. It is established that thallium (III) is quantitatively extracted in the form of tetrahalidetallate-ion with an acidity of more than 0.1 mol/l, extraction of other metals is not quantitative. Among the thiocyanate acid complexes, zinc, cobalt and copper (II) are quantitatively concentrated, which can be used for group concentration of these metals or their extraction-spectrophotometric determination methods