Effects of a Carrier and Its Diluent on the Transport of Metals across Supported Liquid Membranes (SLM). I. Solubility Mechanism
- 1 May 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Separation Science and Technology
- Vol. 21 (3), 267-283
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01496398608058377
Abstract
A new phenomenon called the solubility mechanism was observed experimentally and explained theoretically. This phenomenon helps to explain the nonmonotonic behavior of the flux with respect to the carrier concentration through the use of a simplified model. The reason why the linear behavior of the flux-carrier relationship was observed by past theories is because they ignore a process which occurs simultaneously with the carrier-metal reaction. We believe that this process is the solubility process in which the metal distribution within the organic phase is a function of both carrier and diluent concentrations.Keywords
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