KINETICS OF FORWARD EXTRACTION OF MANGANESE(II) FROM ACIDIC CHLORIDE MEDIUM BY D2EHPA IN KEROSENE USING THE SINGLE DROP TECHNIQUE

The rate of forward extraction of Mn(II) from acid chloride medium by di-(2-ethyl hexyl) phosphoric acid (D2EHPA, H(2)A(2)) dissolved in ker osene has been measured by the single rising drop technique. The rate of mass transfer per unit area is found to be proportional to [Mn(II)] in its lower concentration region, [H(2)A(2)]((0)) and [H+](-1) at th e interface. The forward extraction rate constant, k(f), has been meas ured to be 10(-6.35) m/s. From the temperature dependence of rate meas urements, the values of Ea, Delta S-+/-, Delta H-+/- and Delta G(300)( +/-) are calculated to be 7.6 kJ/mol, - 224 J/mol K, 7.6 kJ/mol and 81 kJ/mol, respectively, at temperatures > 303K and 77 kJ/mol, - 15.3 J/ mol K, 77 kJ/mol and 81 kJ/mol, respectively, at lower temperatures. T he rate expression can be written as; J, kmol/m(2) s = 10(-6.35)[Mn2+] [H(2)A(2)]((0))[H+](-1) Analysis of the rare expression suggests that the formation of [Mn(HA(2))](+) at the interface from Mn2+ and HA(2)(- ) is the rate-determining step in the forward extraction of Mn(II). Ne gative entropy of activation suggests that the above rate-determining step occurs via the S(N)2 mechanism.