Liquid-liquid extractions with metal diethyldithiocarbamates as reagents

The liquid-liquid extraction of about twenty ions with metal diethyldithiocarbamates in chloroform from citrate buffers of pH 2–6 and the most common inorganic acids has been studied. Several backextraction reagents have been examined: hydrochloric acid (1–12M), dilute nitric acid saturated with bromine and a mixture of concentrated hydrochloric acid and hydrogen peroxide. A short review of metal diethyldithiocarbamates as extraction reagents and a mathematical model for these extractions are also included.