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Table 1.11 (continued) p-tert- Butylphenol/benzene 1.5.2 Adsorption 0.012 0.0089 0.008 0.012 1.35 1.50 1.0 Separation of lithium via adsorption method is the most convenient technique to be integrated in conventional lithium production processes which are evaporation and precipitation. However, there is no industrial application of adsorption method contemporarily. In this method, simply lithium ions are separated selectively from aqueous solutions through physical or chemical adsorption. Research on adsorbents focuses mostly on alumina and manganese oxide up to now. The usage of alumina was first investigated by Goodenough in 1960 [54]. According to this study, when aluminum chloride or aluminum hydroxide mixed with neutral or basic water, it combines with lithium ions and precipitates in the form of a gel as aluminium hydroxide. After that, lithium was separated from alumina by various solvents and purified. The patents written by the followers of Goodenough claimed that brines including high concentration of calcium and magnesium showed the optimum separation values at 81 oC and pH value of 6.8 [55]. The separation factors and optimum values change with brine source and physical conditions, also in these studies separation of lithium from the precipitated gel was done by high temperature water. In Salton Sea, lithium was separated via alumina adsorbents and 99 % of lithium was recovered from the brine but the process was found to be too expensive. The alumina adsorption was investigated by many scientists with different brines. In 1986, Rothbaum et al. studied the lithium recovery from waste water of a geothermal energy plant by alumina in order to minimize the effect of lithium content on the environment [56]. According to the study, after the separation of silica from water, sodium aluminate was added to the water and at pH equals to 10, gelation occurs. After that, the gel was washed with 60 oC water and the remaining gel was recovered by washing it with sodium hydroxide solution. Unfortunately the purity of the 18PDF Image | SEPARATION OF LITHIUM FROM BRINES
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