Experimental Study on Extraction of Scandium from Hydrochloride Acid Leaching Liquid in TBP

Abstract

The scandium concentrate used in the leaching experiment was obtained from the rare earth ore containing scandium in Yunnan Province, the sample used in experiment is leaching liquid containing scandium which the content of scandium is 3.6g/t, with complex impurity composition. The main influencing factors of extraction in hydrochloric acid solution were acidity, mixing time, phase ratio etc. and the condition experiments about these factors were conducted. The results show that extraction of scandium from the hydrochloric acid solution in TBP is feasible. The optimal conditions are that pH of the solution is 1.26, dosage of TBP is 5% of the solution, dosage of kerosene is 10% of TBP, mixing time is 3 min, phase ratio is 1:10, washing time is 2, the oscillating time of stripping is 1~2 min and the stripping rate reach 99.89%.