Reclaiming rare earth elements from end-of-life products: A review of the perspectives for urban mining using hydrometallurgical unit operations

C Tunsu, M Petranikova, M Gergorić, C Ekberg… - Hydrometallurgy, 2015 - Elsevier
Due to their large variety of applications, their low supply and high demand, the rare earth
elements (REEs) are presently viewed as being among the most critical chemical elements …

Recovery of rare earth metals through biosorption: an overview

N Das, D Das - Journal of rare earths, 2013 - Elsevier
Rare earth metals (REMs) are a series of 17 elements that have widespread and unique
applications in high technology, power generation, communications, and defense industries …

Purification of rare earth elements from monazite sulphuric acid leach liquor and the production of high-purity ceric oxide

RD Abreu, CA Morais - Minerals Engineering, 2010 - Elsevier
The present work describes the development of an efficient and relatively simple process to
obtain high grade CeO2 from sulphuric acid leach liquor. The liquor was obtained through …

Development course of separating rare earths with acid phosphorus extractants: A critical review

D Li - Journal of Rare Earths, 2019 - Elsevier
Development course of separating rare earths with acid phosphorus extractants: A critical
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Recovery of critical materials from mine tailings: A comparative study of the solvent extraction of rare earths using acidic, solvating and mixed extractant systems

C Tunsu, Y Menard, DØ Eriksen, C Ekberg… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
Our society heavily depends on the availability of raw materials. Technology metals such as
rare earth elements (REEs) are vital in many applications. Because their virgin mining and …

Solvent extraction of metals: Role of ionic liquids and microfluidics

MR Asrami, NN Tran, KDP Nigam, V Hessel - Separation and Purification …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microfluidic technology has attracted great interest across industry and academia. Its
engineering characteristics, through miniaturization, can enhance mass-and heat transfer …

Study on separation of heavy rare earth elements by solvent extraction with organophosphorus acids and amine reagents

RD Abreu, CA Morais - Minerals Engineering, 2014 - Elsevier
The present work describes a study of the separation of rare earth elements (REE) from
heavy REE concentrate through solvent extraction. Seven extractants were investigated …

Liquid–liquid extraction and separation possibilities of heavy and light rare-earths from phosphoric acid solutions with acidic organophosphorus reagents

S Radhika, BN Kumar, ML Kantam… - Separation and purification …, 2010 - Elsevier
Liquid–liquid extraction of mixture of seven heavy rare-earths (HREs) such as terbium,
dysprosium, holmium, yttrium, erbium, ytterbium, and lutetium and mixture of four light rare …

Separation of nickel (II), cobalt (II) and lanthanides from spent Ni-MH batteries by hydrochloric acid leaching, solvent extraction and precipitation

A Fernandes, JC Afonso, AJB Dutra - Hydrometallurgy, 2013 - Elsevier
The separation of nickel (II), cobalt (II) and lanthanides from chloride leach liquors of spent
nickel-metal hydride (Ni-MH) batteries is described. After leaching in 12molL− 1 HCl, the …

Application and perspective of ionic liquids on rare earths green separation

Y Liu, J Chen, D Li - Separation science and technology, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
This review summarizes recent applications of ionic liquids (ILs) as 'green'solvents and
extractants in the extraction and separation of Rare Earths (REs), which are widely used in a …