Inorganic Chemicals Industry ›› 2023, Vol. 55 ›› Issue (10): 63-69.doi: 10.19964/j.issn.1006-4990.2022-0713

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Study on extraction of lithium from low grade high clay leaching solution by solvent extraction

LI Huifang(), WANG Xiao, BAI Youpeng, ZHANG Shixiang   

  1. School of Chemical Engineering,Qinghai University,Xining 810016,China
  • Received:2022-12-05 Online:2023-10-10 Published:2023-10-16

Abstract:

Tributyl phosphate(TBP) was acted as extractant,Methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK) was used as diluent,FeCl3 played as co-extraction agent,and solvent extraction method was used to separate and extract lithium from high clay leaching solution.The effects of aqueous phase composition,the kinds of metal ion in loaded organic phase,AlCl3 concentration in loaded organic phase,TBP concentration in organic phase,Fe/Li mass ratio,phase ratio and other factors on extraction performance were investigated.The experimental results showed that when the aqueous phase composition was determined as 0.028 8 mol/L LiCl+0.036 5 mol/L FeCl3+2 mol/L AlCl3,the metal ion in loaded organic phase was Al3+,the concentration of AlCl3 in the loaded organic phase was 2 mol/L,the concentration of TBP was 50%,the molar ratio of Fe/Li was 1.7 and the phase ratio of(Volume ratio of organic phase to aqueous phase)2:1 the extraction effect was optimal.In order to realize the recycling of the loaded organic phase,3 mol/L HCl and 1 mol/L Na2CO3 were identified as the stripping and regeneration solution,respectively.In addition,in order to realize the efficient extraction of lithium resources,the three-stage counter-current cascade experiment was used to carry out the lithium cascade extraction experiment.After the cascade experiment,the extraction rate of lithium reached 99.72%.The experimental results indicated that TBP-MIBK-FeCl3 extraction system could effectively separate and extract lithium from low grade and high clay leaching solution.

Key words: high clay leaching solution, solvent extraction, lithium extraction, TBP-MIBK-FeCl3 extraction system

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