Determining Stability Constants Using the AKUFVE Technique
Journal article, 2019

The AKUFVE techniques were developed by Rydberg and co-workers in the 1960s. The main aim was to be able to perform a series of liquid-liquid extraction data varying one or more parameters and at the same time achieve very pure phases. As such, this technique was later used for short-lived isotope studies in the SISAK system, but also as a standalone unit for a large number of thermodynamic studies of extraction systems both for fundamental understanding as well as more applied investigations. In this paper, the apparatus with modifications made over the decades is described. In addition, studies with stability constant determinations for the zirconium-water-acetylacetone system as well as lanthanide extraction using bromodecanoic acid are exemplified to demonstrate the potential use of the technique. The results shown clearly demonstrate the versatility and ability of the AKUFVE system.

Solvent extraction

stability constants determination

activity coefficients

hydolysis

AKUFVE

Author

Christian Ekberg

Chalmers, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Energy and Material

Mikael Nilsson

University of California at Irvine (UCI)

P. L. Brown

Rio Tinto

Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange

0736-6299 (ISSN) 1532-2262 (eISSN)

Vol. 37 3-4 213-225

Subject Categories

Analytical Chemistry

Other Engineering and Technologies not elsewhere specified

Other Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering

DOI

10.1080/07366299.2019.1639356

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5/17/2022