REMOVAL OF COPPER IONS USING ALIQUAT 336/TBP BASED SUPPORTED LIQUID MEMBRANE

The sorption of copper (II) present in an aqueous media using a supported liquid membrane (SLM) by chloride tri-N-octylmethylammonium (Aliquat 336) and Tri-n-butylphosphate (TBP) from molar ratio 1:1, with polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) as a membrane support was studied. The effects of various parameters as initial pH, KSCN concentration and ammonium acetate concentration on the extraction yield were carried out. By a calculation program using CHEAQS V. L20.1, the determination of the percentages of the present species before and after extraction were given, in aqueous medium and on the membrane to be able to determine the relation between the nature of the extracted species and the extraction yield. The 23 factorial design achieve the best conditions of recovery procedure. The recovery of copper (II) is almost quantitative (94 %), in one step

Factorial design in optimization of extraction procedure for copper (II) using Aliquat 336 and Tri- n -butylphosphate based supported liquid membrane

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Aminododecyldiphosphonic Acid for Solvent Extraction of Bismuth Ions

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Improved Electronic Structure and Optical Performance of Bi2Te3-xSex From First-principle Calculations Within TB-mBJ Exchange Potential

<div><p>Using the first-principle calculations of density functional theory within the (FP-LAPW) method, we have investigated the structural, electronic and optical properties of Bi2Te3-xSex alloys with compositions x = 0, 1, 2 and 3 of Se. The generalized gradient approximation functional of Wu and Cohen (GGA-PBE) is used to calculate ground state structural parameters of Bi2Te3-xSex , which are in good agreement with theoretical and experimental data. The electronic band structures and optical constants have been improved with Tran-Blaha modified Becker-Johnson (TB-mBJ) parameterization scheme. Also, we have analyzed in detail the performance of dielectric function, refractive index, reflectivity and optical conductivity of these alloys. Our results show that Bi2Te3-xSex alloys are promising candidates for optoelectronic applications especially in the Infrared and visible fields. Bi2Te3-xSex materials have a direct band gap and can be tuned from 0.1706 eV to 0.7819 eV by varying In composition so emission was tunable from 1.58 to 7.26 micrometers (infrared field), in addition for their direct band gap and in view of their attractive optical properties such conductivity, absorption and reflectivity these materials is considered as promising materials for optoelectronic applications.</p></div