TY  - BOOK
A1  - Mickler, Wulfhard
A1  - Holdt, Hans-Jürgen
A1  - Bukowsky, Heinz
T1  - Separation and Concentration of Pd(II) with Immobilized Maleonitrile-Dithiocrown Ethers
N2  - Especially sulphur containing compounds are suitable for the separation of noble metals[ , ]. 1,2-Dithioethenes are weak chelate-forming ligands [ ]and in the case of bis(methylthio)maleonitrile[ ] the donor power of both of the sulphur atoms is further decreased by the electron withdrawing effect of the cyanogroups. Crowned dithiomaleonitrile are macrocyclic chelate ligands which extract Pd(II) at sufficient rate in a very good yields. The reason for that extraction behaviour is the fact that Pd(II) favours the square planar coordination geometry in opposite to the 3d- elements. The synthesis of the immobilized ligands proceeds from the 2-allyloxy-1,2-propanediol forming the dicarbon acid which is reduced to the diole. With the help of thionylchloride the dichloro compound is synthesized forming together with a dithiolate (1,2-disodium-1,2-dicyanethene-1,2-dithiolate, 1,2-disodium-4-methylbenzene-1,2-dithiolate [ ]) at high dilution conditions the macrocycle. Than the allysubstituted crown ether is sillylated and the resulting alkoxysilane is immobilised onto activated silca gel. The substituent forms in the same time a spacer should be modified in the future. By immobilisation at an inactive matrix the selectivity of the ligand should be applied for the accumulation of palladium from diluted solutions. The extraction was performed from nitric acid solution with a yield of 93% into a ligand solution (chloroform, kerosine). The extraction equilibrium is reached after 10 min. By atomic absorption spectroscopy the metal concentration in the aqueous phase was determined to calculate the extraction rate. By modification of the cavity of the macrocyclus the extraction rate increases from the acyclic compound through maleonitrile-dithio-21-crown-7, maleonitrile-dithio-15-crown-5 and maleonitrile-18-crown-6. The best results can be observed at the maleonitrile-dithio-12-crown-4. The rise of the function lg D= f(lg L) gives the composition of the extracted compounds as 1:1. The separation is unsatisfactory in the case of Ag(I), Hg(II), Pt(II), Tl (I) and the most 3d-elements. Also Ni(II) as a representative for the 3d-elements shows only separations coefficients of 1.43?103 . Summarizing, a very good separation of palladium from the examined elements can be specified. Additional to the extraction experiments, as well as the crystal structures and by UV spectroscopy the formation constants of selected chelates were determined. The observed order corresponds to that found by the extraction of palladium in the system water/chloroform. In the case of maleonitrile-dithio-15-crown-5 Ag(I) is endocyclic coordinated with all donor atoms of the macrocyclus. Already maleonitrile-dithio-18-crown-6 can include the silver cation into its greater cavity. In these cases a 1:1 complex is formed. A 1:2 sandwich structure was noticed only in the case of the smaller ligand maleonitrile- dithio-12-crown-4. Obviously, the formation of that structure is not favoured in the system water/chloroform from which can be explained the unfavourable extraction results.
Y1  - 2001
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Mickler, Wulfhard
T1  - Separation of heavy metals from landfill leachate by reactive liquid-liquid-extraction
N2  - Based on a study of the German Ministry of Research and Technology in 1990 every year about 2.5 t of heavy metals are released per hectare of landfill by aqueous leaching. This leachate contains approximately 2000 t of heavy metals per year. Their decontaminations in accordance with the legal requirements represent an enormous potential for easing the burden on the environment. On the other hand, this potential opens new possibilities in the production and recycling of selected compounds. The composition of a given model solution corresponds to a landfill leachate resulting from a municipal dump leachate produced by an average German city. Actually, in most cases, a decontamination of such solutions occurs by the transfer of the problematic cations into insoluble compounds usually done by precipitation. The result of the procedure is an unspecific separation of all liquid components - and the "cycle of waste" (landfill- leaching-deposition) begins anew, certainly on a higher level. The objective of our work is the simultaneous separation of heavy metals from alkaline earth metals and iron in order to obtain a leachate which we can lead back to the landfill. The reactive extraction as a separation process offers the possibility of a selective separation of cations that is the separation of toxic - from unproblematic components and includes also the possibility of electrolysis or further winning processes to obtain the wished metals. For the realisation of extraction processes, several commercial extractants and technical equipments are available. Apart from iron, LIX 54 could be used advantageously for an extraction process - unfortunately without any considerable extraction of cadmium. But it is favourable to separate non toxic alkaline earth metals from problematic heavy metals. Such a complex task as the separation of cations from natural solutions cannot be solved easily in a one-step-extraction process. Better results should be obtained by the combination of different procedures, e.g. extraction, ion-exchange and precipitation.
Y1  - 2001
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Mickler, Wulfhard
T1  - Reactive Liquid-liqudi-extraction of heavy metals from landfill leachates
N2  - Toxic heavy metals are extracted simultaneously by reactive liquid-liquid-extraction from a model landfill leachate. This is taken as an example to generate an unproblematic waste water. Alkylphosphoric acids (commercial D2EHPA and D2EHTPA), ß-diketones, 4-Acyl-5-pyrazolones and a novel commercial alkyl-methyl-phosphonic acid are used as extractants. By means of the functions E%=f (pH, t) and lg D=f (pH, cL) some thermodynamic parameters of the extraction are determined. In the case of the alkylthiophosphoric acid the thiophilic cations are extracted advantageously in contrast to chromium, magnesium or calcium. There is no significant separation between the heavy metals and the alkaline earth metals. The complexes are extracted with the composition ML(HL)n. According to their ligand force, the presence of complexing agents in the aqueous phase (for example cyanide, tartrate, ammonia or chloride) hinders the extraction. The influence of humic acid is comparable to that of tartaric acid. Because of the formation of less soluble compounds, sulphate ions make the extraction of calcium more difficult. The extraction data points out that aromatic or chloric solvents are not advantageous in contrast to the non toxic aliphatic hydrocarbons. With the novel aminomethylphosphonic acid (ironex, BASF) the extraction of iron, indium and gallium is possible at a pH > 1.5 as ML2(HL) and ML(HL)2 resp. Copper and zinc were extracted quantitatively as 1:2 complexes only in a small pH-range between 4 to 6. Generally, the best results were found for the ß-diketones (LIX 54 included) and 4-acyl-5-pyrazolones. In these cases the toxic heavy metals could be separated quantitatively. Only 6% of calcium and 23% of magnesium are coextracted by the ligands. The extraction process can further be optimized by synergistic effects.
Y1  - 2001
ER  -