“…Organic phases were prepared by diluting the extractants with kerosene (Daejung Co., Shiheung, Korea, >90%). Ionic liquid, IL ALi-D2, was synthesized by mixing an equimolar concentration of Aliquat 336 (R 4 NCl, BASF Co., Ludwigshafen, Germany, 93%) and D2EHPA (HA) (Daihachi Chemicals, Osaka, Japan, 95%) as reported in the literature [16,18]. A sufficient amount of NaHCO 3 (Daejung Co., Shiheung, Korea, 99%) was added to the mixture to promote the formation of IL ALi-D2.…”