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Physico-Chemical Aspects on Uranium and Molybdenum Extraction from Aqueous Solution by Synthesized Phosphinimine Derivative Chelating Agent

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To retain uranium and molybdenum ions from G.Gattar leach liquor (GI), North Eastern Desert, Egypt, a new fabricated chelating 3-mercapto-2-trioctyl phosphinimine propionic acid (MTPP), was functionalized. Specifications for MTPP chelating ligand were successfully completed by utilizing a variety of methods. Enhanced experimental factors controlling, namely; pH, shaking time, initial uranium and molybdenum conc., MTPP dosage, A/O phase ratio, temp. and stripping agents, have been achieved. At 25 °C, pH 2 for uranium and 3.5 for molybdenum, 30 min shaking for uranium and 40 for molybdenum and 4.08 × 10–3 mol/L, MTPP/kerosene has a maximum retention power of 135 and 173.5 mg/g for uranium and molybdenum respectively. From the stoichiometric calculations point of view, approximately 1 mol of MTPP can chelate 1 mol of uranium and 3 mol of MTPP can chelate 1 mol of molybdenum. According to kinetic aspects, pseudo-second order kinetic model well interpret the extraction of U6+ and Mo6+ by MTPP giving a retention power of 131.57 mg/g for uranium and 175.43 mg/g for molybdenum. The distribution isotherm (McCabe–Thiele), predicts three theoretical extraction stages necessary to extract nearly all the uranium and molybdenum ions at an A/O ratio of 1/2 for uranium and 1/1.7 for molybdenum ions respectively, while in stripping, four and three theoretical stripping stages are needed. Based on thermodynamic regards, the extraction process by MTPP was predicted as an exothermic with a -ΔH, spontaneous with a -ΔG, and advantageous extraction at low temperatures with a small –ΔS for uranium and molybdenum ions. Uranium and molybdenum ions may be stripped successfully from the loaded MTPP/kerosene by 2 M H2SO4 with 99% efficiency. The enhanced optimized variables were finally put to use to produce uranium and molybdenum concentrate (Na2U2O7, MoO3) with 65.23% uranium content and 87% purity and 60.37% molybdenum content and 90.53% purity.

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    H. A. Ibrahium

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    H. A. Ibrahium, Mohamed A. Gado, Mohamed A. Hassanin & Bahig M. Atia

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Ibrahium, H.A., Awwad, N.S., Gado, M.A. et al. Physico-Chemical Aspects on Uranium and Molybdenum Extraction from Aqueous Solution by Synthesized Phosphinimine Derivative Chelating Agent. J Inorg Organomet Polym 32, 3640–3657 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-022-02374-1

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