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Table 4 Comparison of the Dowex G26 and t-BAMBP/C2mimNTf2 systems

From: Resources recovery-rubidium recovery from desalination brine through hydrometallurgy techniques

System

Parameters

Efficiencies, %

Dowex G26

Adsorption procedure

pH 9, L/S ratio of 1000, adsorption period for 4 min, and 308 K

Desorption procedure

2 M HCl, L/S ratio 200, and desorption period for 64 min

30

93

t-BAMBP/C2mimNTf2

Extraction process

pH 9, 0.5 M t-BAMBP, (O + I)/A ratio of 0.1, extraction time for 30 min, and 298 K

Stripping process

2 M HNO3, (O + I)/A ratio 1, and stripping time for 10 min

2.5 M HNO3, (O + I)/A ratio 1, and stripping time for 15 min

86

71