Mn. Ingale et Vv. Mahajani, RECOVERY OF BUTYRIC-ACID, VALERIC ACID, AND CAPROIC ACID (BVC ACIDS) FROM AN AQUEOUS WASTE STREAM USING TRIBUTYLPHOSPHATE (TBP) AS AN EXTRACTANT, Separations technology, 4(4), 1994, pp. 252-257
The distribution coefficients, K(D), were measured for the extraction
of butyric acid, valeric acid, and caproic acid with tributylphosphate
from an aqueous waste stream. The measurements were also carried out
in the presence of salts such as sodium sulphate and sodium chloride.
The results presented are expected to aid process environmental engine
ers.