The solvent extraction of trace antimony(V)

An investigation of the extraction of trace amounts of antimony(V) from aqueous hydrochloric acid solutions into various others and chloroform has been carried out. Before extractions were made, mutual solubility studies of the two-phased systems were conducted. Then extraction experiments were performed using original aqueous acid concentrations from 0 to 12N and non-aqueous phases of ethyl ether, isopropye ether, isoamyl ether, n-hexyl ether, and chloroform. Dielectric constant determinations were made in the equilibrated non-aqueous phases, and spectrophotormetric and salting-out studies were carried out on the ethyl ether system. It was found that the isopropyl ether system presents the most advantageous conditions for the extraction of trace antimony(V)