Metal Extraction and Analysis on The Effect of Alkyl Chain Length on Thiosalicylate Based Ionic Liquids

• Main Author: Adha, Julian Rizky
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS 2012
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/9869/1/2012%20-%20Metal%20Extraction%20and%20Analysis%20on%20the%20Effect%20of%20Alkyl%20Chain%20Length%20Thiosalicylate%20Based%20Ion.pdf; http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/9869/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas

The process of removing metal is one of the important parts in industial wastewater treatment. Many technologies have been developed to do so, such as dissolving an organic solvent (kerosene, toluene, etc.), or using extraction agent However, none of them is regarded as green technology because they cause detrimental effect to the environment and human body. The use of Ionic Liquids (!Ls) is believed to be the answer to overcome the problem. Ionic Liquids are generally defined as molten salts that are consisting entirely of anions and organic cations. This project is designed as further study for Thiosalicylate anion-based ILs on metal extraction process, and efficiency of inco1porating different type of chain length. There are 3 (three) types of alkyl chain length tested, hexyl-, octyl-, and dodecyl- chloride. Simulated industrial wastewater is used for the experiment by inducing heavy metal (Cil+, Ni2 +, etc.) into the deionized water. At last, the whole project is expected to proof that metal extraction by using Ionic Liquids is promising, as well as to find the most optimum Thiosalicylate anion-based !Ls to be utilized by considering several parameters.