Processing of the beryl from received geological sample collected from Eastern Desert of Egypt has been studied via acidic fusion process using K 2 SO 4 under different factors. The recovery of beryllium from the prepared sulfate solution has been accomplished by solvent extraction namely; TOA. The optimum conditions for sulfate fusion for almost complete breakdown of beryllium guarantee 1/3 ore/salt ratio at 550°C for 3.5 h. The relevant conditions for the extraction and stripping of beryllium by trioctyl amine determined. The studied optimum extraction conditions involved 8 × 10 -3M TOA concentration, 1/1 O/A ratio at a pH of 0.8 and 15 min. Beryllium was stripped by 1.5M H 2 SO 4 solution in 1/1 O/A ratio for 20 min. From the corresponding McCabe-Thiele diagrams, it was noticed that 3 theoretical stages for each of the extraction and stripping separately were required. From the stripped solution, beryllium was precipitated as beryllium hydroxide at pH 9 using 10% NaOH solution. The produced beryllium hydroxide has then been properly dried at 150 °C for 1 hr and analyzed using AAS.
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