A novel process for the separation of hafnium from thiocyanic acid medium using the mixture of diisobutyl ketone（DIBK） and tributyl phosphate（TBP） as the extractant was developed.This extraction process was investigated experimentally as a function of the amount of TBP added,acidity,zirconium and hafnium concentrations,salting-out agent,temperature,duration,respectively.The results show that hafnium is enriched in the organic layer and zirconium is in aqueous layer in DIBK-TBP system.Under the optimal technological conditions：TBP addition 20%（v/v）,aqueous phase acidity 3.0 mol/L,ammonium sulfate addition 0.8-1.25 mol/L,room temperature and extraction time 10 min,the separation factor of hafnium from zirconium is 9.3.
采用恒界面池法研究了在NH_4SCN-HCl介质中DIBK-TOPO(二异丁基酮-三辛基氧化膦)体系萃取分离锆和铪的动力学性质,在一定实验条件下分别考察了搅拌速度、温度和界面积对锆铪萃取速率的影响。实验结果表明:当搅拌速度小于135 r·min-1时,锆铪的萃取速率随着搅拌速度的增加而增加,DIBK-TOPO体系对锆铪的萃取类型为扩散反应控制;当搅拌速度在135~155 r·min^(-1)范围内时,锆铪的萃取速率分别出现一段与搅拌速度无关的坪区,但锆的萃取速率常数与比界面积无关,对锆的萃取类型为相内化学反应控制类型,其表观活化能为-11.963 k J·mol^(-1),铪的萃取速率常数随着比界面积的增加而线性增加,且直线不通过坐标原点,因而对铪的萃取类型则为混合控制类型,其表观活化能为-22.406 k J·mol^(-1);当搅拌速度超过155 r·min^(-1)时,因搅拌速度过快,造成两相界面出现混乱而不稳定。升高温度不利于DIBK-TOPO体系对锆和铪的萃取。
