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. 2022 May 25;16(1):37. doi: 10.1186/s13065-022-00830-0

Table 3.

Desorption of metal ions (III) with different reagents after their adsorption with the Dowex 50WX8 resin at v/m = 0.05 at 25 ± 1 °C

Stripping agent, M Dy(III) Pr(III) Y(III) S-ratio
Dy/Pr Y/Pr Dy/Y
HNO3, 1.0 M 24.9 23.7 28 1.05 1.2 1
HNO3, 5.0 M 55.4 12 43 4.6 3.6 1.2
HCl, 1.0 M 7.72
H2SO4, 1.0 M 32.9 32.6 31 1 1.05
Na2CO3, 1.0 M 21 25.9 20 1
(NH4)2CO3, 1.0 M 35 56 35 56
Citric acid (1.0 M)
 pH 1
 pH 3 40.12 58.37 39.25 1
 pH 5 18.11 35.26 20.46