Chemical Engineering Communications, Vol.200, No.5, 701-717, 2013
INFLUENCE OF SOLVENT POLARITY ON INTERFACIAL MECHANISM AND EFFICIENCY OF SUCCINIC ACID REACTIVE EXTRACTION WITH TRI-n-OCTYLAMINE
This article presents the results of a comparative study of reactive extraction of succinic acid with tri-n-octylamine (TOA) dissolved in solvents with different dielectric constants (dichloromethane, n-butyl acetate, and n-heptane), with and without octan-1-ol addition as phase modifier. The positive effect of octan-1-ol on extraction efficiency was quantified by means of amplification factors. For all studied systems, the addition of octan-1-ol into the solvent phase led to an increase of extraction efficiency, the most important effect being recorded for the solvent with the lowest polarity, namely n-heptane. The maximum value of amplification factor was reached for pH=6 and indicated an increase of reactive extraction yield of about 1.26 times for dichloromethane, 1.55 times for n-butyl acetate, and 2.88 times for n-heptane.