Research Experience for Undergraduates - Supplemental Funding

The work will focus on the delivery of the solvent extraction frame work. As leaching solution purification is required prior to EW. This work is to identify a suitable extractant other than Lix-26 owing to its carcinogenic properties and develop equilibrium concentration isotherms to design the number of stages and circuitry needed for the purification of the leachate. The output will be a SX flowsheet and a MATLAB model predicting purity and byproduct concentrations achieved.