Orbite Technologies Inc EORBF

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Today, countercurrent solvent extraction is generally accepted as the most appropriate commercial technology for separating rare earths. The key step in the extraction process is the selection of a suitable solvent combined with a suitable extraction condition. Effective extraction and separation is unlikely to be achieved in a single step, and it is therefore necessary to prepare an aqueous solution containing the REE and extract this solution repeatedly with an organic solvent. This makes the acid and the base the main consumables in the solvent extraction process, and the spent REE acidic solution becomes one of the main pollution sources. Using this method, a plant producing multiple single rare earth products may contain hundreds of stages of mixers and settlers. As a result, many separation stages are typically needed to obtain a pure product.Inherent aspects of the solvent extraction technique