Solvent Extraction, Mineral Processing and Alumina Processing

Use of ACORGA® NR Reagents in the Presence of Nitrate Ions in SX: The State of the Art

The results presented in Figure 1 show that there was a NR10 reagent (approx. 50%) compared to LIX® 84I, LIX® 860
strongest resistance to nitration when using the ACORGA and Plant Organic.

2.0
Ketoxime
1.8
Unmodified Aldoxime
1.6
Plant Organic
1.4
NR10
Nitration (%)

1.2
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
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0.50
0.45
0.40
Residual Copper, gpl Cu

0.35
0.30
0.25
0.20
0.15 FIGURE 1:
0.10 Results of the accelerated
0.05 nitration tests based on
0 residual copper and nitroxime
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