Purification And Separation Of Rare Earth Elements From CCFL With Extraction Chromatography

In this study, Amberite XAD-7HP was used as the solvent-impregnated resin to separate each REE from the standard solution, which was mixed with the REEs (e.g., La Eu, Tb, Y and Ba). About 100 ppm of each of the REEs was separated from DI water using extraction chromatography. REEs were separated by extraction chromatography using Amberite XAD-7HP resin, the changes in the pH values of the HCl and HClO₄ were between 0.2 N and 5 N, and the extraction rate of the solution was between 0.5 and 3 ml/min. The La solution with the separated REEs was leached. The solid-state REEs were annealed between 1083K. The extraction result was analyzed with ICP-AES and an X-ray diffractometer. Each REE was successfully separated with HCl and HClO₄ with pH values between 0.1 N and 3 N and with extraction rate between 1.0 m/min and 3.0 m/min.