Abstract
The study area of El-Garra El-Hamra is one of the igneous masses located in the southern part of the Western Desert of Egypt. This work has been carried out to investigate the process of gadolinium separation from REEs cake obtained from El-Garra El-Hamra ore concentrate. It is considered as a new approach in the Nuclear Materials Authority of Egypt. Firstly; the optimum leaching conditions achieved are 200 gm/L H2SO4, 1/2 solid/liquid ratio, 4 h agitation time,−125 mesh size and at 90 °C temperature. Then by solvent extraction method using 1 mol/L D2EHPA middle REEs were extracted. The organic extractant was stripped by using 2 mol/L HCl and Gd pregnant solution was obtained. Then, the relevant optimum factors were 0.3 mol/L D2EHPA diluted by kerosene, 10 min contact time, and 4/1 organic/aqueous ratio giving 87 % Gd extraction. Then, the scrubbing of the loaded extractant was by 1 mol/L HCL followed by Gd stripping using 5 M HCl, contact time of 30 min and 1/3 organic/aqueous ratio. The strip solution was subjected to evaporation and little amount was dried to obtain GdCl3 powder having a purity of about 81 % associated with YCl3 4 %.
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