title: Perfluorocarbon-based liquid-liquid extraction for separation of transition metal ions.
abstract: We report a liquid-liquid extraction system based on perfluorocarbon (fluorous-solvent extraction) that allows selective extraction of metal ions from aqueous and organic phases to a perfluorocarbon phase (FC-72) with perfluorinated beta-diketone (1,1,1,5,5,6,6,6-octafluoro-2,4-hexanedione), which can be followed by backward extraction using 1 M nitric acid.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering and Center for Future Chemistry, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. tmarutcm@mbox.nc.kyushu-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Tatsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maruyama
authors.forename: Kazunori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakashima
authors.forename: Fukiko
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kubota
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goto