Ksr. Murthy et al., STUDIES ON THE SOLVENT-EXTRACTION OF TRIVALENT LANTHANIDES WITH HEXAFLUOROACETYLACETONE (HFAA) AND TRI-N-OCTYLPHOSPHINEOXIDE (TOPO), Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences. Chemical sciences, 110(2), 1998, pp. 83-88
Trivalent lanthanides can be synergistically extracted from aqueous so
lution as mixed ligand complexes with HFAA and TOPO with the general f
ormula, Ln(HFAA)(3). 2TOPO. The optimum conditions for extraction like
equilibration time, pH, effect of solvent, metal ion concentration, a
nd reagent concentration were established. The solvent extraction by m
ixed ligand system can be used for the preparation of volatile gas chr
omatographable lanthanide complexes.