Recovery of Nickel Metal from the Spent FeCl$_3$ Etching Solution by Solvent Extraction and Chemical Reduction

FeCl$_3$ 에칭廢液으로부터 溶媒抽出과 化學沈澱에 의한 니켈金屬 回收

  • Lee, Man-Seung (Dept. of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering, Mokpo National Univ.) ;
  • Kim, Myoung-Sik (Dept. of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering, Mokpo National Univ.)
  • 이만승 (木浦大學校 新素材工學科) ;
  • 김명식 (木浦大學校 新素材工學科)
  • Published : 2005.06.01

Abstract

Solvent extraction and chemical reduction experiments have been performed to separate iron and nickel from a spent FeCl$_3$ etching solution and to recover nickel metal. It was possible to separate iron and nickel by extracting the spent solution with Alamine336. At the O/A ratio of 7:1, iron extraction percentage of 99% was obtained. In the stripping of the loaded organic with 0.01 M HCl solution, iron stripping percentage of 99% was obtained when the A/O ratio was 7:1. When the pH of the raffinate was controlled to be 10.5, nickel metal powder with 99% purity was obtained by using hydrazine as a reducing agent at 100$^{\circ}C$. A process was suggested to recover nickel metal from the spent FeCl$_3$ solution and to regenerate etching solution.

FeCl$_3$용액으로 니켈프레임을 에칭하는 과정에서 발생한 폐액으로부터 철과 니켈을 분리, 회수하기 위해 용매추출과 환원실험을 수행했다. 추출제로 Alamine336을 사용하여 철과 니켈의 분리가 가능했으며, 유기상과 에칭폐액의 부피비가 7이상의 조건에서 99%의 철의 추출율을 얻었다. 0.01 M농도의 염산용액을 탈거액으로 사용하여 탈거액과 유기상의 부피비가 7인 조건에서 99%의 철 탈거율을 얻었다. 추출여액의 pH가 10.5이고 반응온도가 100$^{\circ}C$인 조건에서 환원제로 히드라진을 첨가하여 99%의 순도를 지닌 니켈 금속 분말을 얻었다. 용매추출과 화학환원을 이용하여 에칭폐액으로부터 니켈금속을 회수하고, 에칭액을 재생할 수도 있는 공정을 제시하였다.

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