Measurements of the solubility of metal dithiocarbamates in supercritical carbon dioxide
Conference
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OSTI ID:370583
- Univ. of Leeds (United Kingdom); and others
Heavy metal contamination of the environmental has been traditionally analyzed by acid digestion and organic solvent extraction methods. However, recently supercritical fluids such as carbon dioxide have been investigated as a potentially more rapid and environmentally friendly extraction procedure for metal recovery. Direct extraction of metal ions by pure supercritical carbon dioxide has previously proved ineffective as charge neutralization of the ion using a ligand is required to significantly enhance the solute solvent interactions. Commercial chelating agents such as dithiocarbamates have been extensively used in both conventional and supercritical extractions for the recovery of a wide range of heavy metal. Initial studies using diethldithiocarbamate metal complexes at low supercritical temperatures (50 {degrees}C) and pressure (100 atm.) Showed poor solubility (1x10{sup {minus}6}mol dm{sup 3}) in supercritical carbon dioxide. In this study, the solubility of Pb, Cd, Fe, Zn, and Cu dithiocarbamates were measures at both high and low supercritical fluid temperatures and pressures and a significant increase in the solubility of the metal complexes (e.g. two orders of magnitude) was achieved using 100 {degrees}C, 350 atm supercritical carbon dioxide. Increasing the alkyl chain length of the dithiocarbamate ligand was also investigated and it was shown that as the hydrocarbon content of the ligand increased and became more non-polar in nature the solubility of the corresponding metal complex increased. The results from the solubility study will be subsequently used to assists in the optimization of methods used for the extraction of metals in environmental samples.
- OSTI ID:
- 370583
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960376--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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