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Describe the process of purification of earth metals ​

Answer 1

The study demonstrates that alkaline earth metals can be sublimed or distilled to give metal of very high purity. The metallic impurities are the most easily separated although the other alkaline earth metals require a fractional sublimation. The interstitial elements 0, N and C can be reduced to very low levels if entrainment is prevented by subliming or distilling under a small torr pressure of an inert gas. Hydrogen transfers to the product in either distillation or sublimation and must be removed by vacuum traction from a Ta capsule. Alkaline earth metal purification by sublimation and distillation started in 1960 to supply pure Ca, Ba and Sr for phase equilibria studies and was expanded to provide high purity Ca for metallothermic preparation of very pure rare earth metals as described by Spedding et al.1 The objectives were to produce metals of the lowest possible interstitial solute concentration with a high yield and in a convenient form for handling in inert atmosphere gloveboxes. Enhance d process reliability with regard to product purity also eliminates expensive and time-consuming chemical analyses on each batch of metal.

Answer 2

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This paper describes development of an integrated chloride process for separation and purification of REEs. The process includes atmospheric leaching of ore/concentrate with mixed chloride lixiviant containing HCl and MgCl 2 followed by bulk recovery of REEs, dissolution of the bulk intermediate product, and separation of individual REEs by solvent extraction (SX) process steps. Mixed chloride leaching technology provides the opportunity to regenerate the lixiviant, while the addition of MgCl 2 in HCl enhances the hydrogen ion activity by orders of magnitude increasing REE extraction efficiency at a lower concentration of HCl. An individual REE separation process developed by Innovation Metals Corp. is being piloted at a state-of-the-art facility at Process Research ORTECH Inc. in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. The SX process includes the separation of light REEs (La – Nd), medium REEs (Sm – Gd) and heavy REEs (Tb – Lu plus Y) from leach liquor followed by individual REE separation. Each SX circuit proceeds by multistage extraction followed by scrubbing and stripping.

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