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Abstract The main objective of the work presented in this thesis is to study the extraction and separation of Zn(II), Fe(II), Fe(III) and Cd(II) from aqueous chloride solutions by solvent extraction technique using three organophosphorus extractants namely; TBP, CYANEX 921 and CYANEX 923. Different parameters affecting the extraction processes has been studied in terms of shaking time, hydrochloric acid, hydrogen ion, chloride ion, extractants, metal concentration, loading capacity, phase ratio, temperature as well as stripping investigation. The results obtained show that the extraction process increases with hydrochloric acid, hydrogen ion, extractants, metal concentration and phase ratio for the three investigated systems. The thermodynamic parameters and equilibrium constants were calculated for each element. The extraction of Fe(II) by the three extractants was poor. Application studies were developed for the recovery of zinc from pickling solution resulting from hot dipping galvanizing bath using undiluted TBP, CYANEX 921 and CYANEX 923 in kerosene extractants. The obtained results show that TBP is the most promising extractant among the three investigated extractants. |