Study on mass-transfer kinetics of Nd by 2-ethylhexylphosphonic acid mono-(2-ethylhexyl) ester in the presence of a complexing agent

摘要

The Nd(III) extraction kinetics by 2-ethylhexylphosphonic acid mono-(2-ethylhexyl) ester (HEH/EHP) in the presence of a complexing agent acetic acid(HAc) has been investigated using constant interfacial cell. The kinetics mechanism and extraction rate equation were achieved by the studies on the effect of stirring rate, temperature and specific interfacial area on the rate of extraction. The effect of temperature on the kinetics was analyzed, the value of the apparent activation energy was calculated as 9.24 kJ/mol, and it was found that the extraction process was a diffusion-controlled kinetics process.