Aliquat IL336 vs. Cyphos IL101 extractants for the solvent extraction of heavy metals from zinc plants residues
Fatemeh Najafi, Leila Dolatyari, Hassan Shayani-Jam, Mohammad Reza Yaftian · 2026
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Najafi and colleagues compare two ionic liquid extractants in 2026 for pulling valuable metals out of zinc plant residues, waste that holds toxic cadmium alongside recoverable zinc, cobalt, and nickel. Ionic liquids are salts that stay liquid at room temperature, and the pair tested, Aliquat IL336 and Cyphos IL101, grab metals from chloride solutions by an ion-pair exchange. The solvent pulling the metals into a separate liquid phase was dichloromethane.
Both extractants proved choosy in the same useful way, taking cadmium and zinc eagerly while largely leaving cobalt and nickel behind in the solutions tested. The selectivity traces to the stronger chlorine-based complexes cadmium and zinc form, and using hydrochloric acid as the chloride source beat sodium chloride for extraction percentages. Stripping the metals back out worked cleanly too, with sodium hydroxide releasing cadmium and ammonia releasing zinc, completing a recovery loop the authors propose for industrial residues.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Fatemeh Najafi, Leila Dolatyari, Hassan Shayani-Jam, Mohammad Reza Yaftian |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 40 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |