Recovery of Volatile Acids from Aqueous Solution byTri-n- Butyl Phosphate dissolved in laboratory Made Nontoxic Diluent

Abstract

The present work was carried out to study the extraction of volatile acids like acetic and propionic with tri-n-butyl phosphate (as extractant) dissolved in laboratory-modified nontoxic diluent. A graphical method was used to calculate the values of Dimerization coefficient (D) and partition coefficient (P) from distribution coefficient (K D) data of both volatile acids. The extraction equilibrium constants(K E(1:1)) and loading factors (Z) for both volatile acids were also determined. Based on the values of Z it can be concluded that there is a formation of 1:1 complexes between Tri Butyl Phosphate and Volatile acids.