Separation and Purification of Metals (Second Edition)
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Extractive Metallurgy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 214
Special Issue Editor
Interests: ion flotation; precipitation flotation; floating extraction; deep separation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce a Special Issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701), entitled “Separation and Purification of Metals (Second Edition)”. In the past decades, many attempts have been made to optimize the extraction, separation, and purification of metals from abundant natural mineral or ore resources. With the rapid development of human industrialization, some metal and metal-based secondary resources can also be generated during successive material preparation, fabrication, and application processes. These types of secondary resources with high-value metals also show great recovery potential. However, clean extraction, separation, and purification of these metals, especially for rare metals with low or ultra-low concentrations, is extremely difficult. Currently, diverse processes for the separation and purification of metals from natural minerals or ores and from secondary resources are urgently needed.
This Special Issue will contain articles reporting new and progressive research results as well as reviews on fundamental aspects in the study of the separation and purification of metals and their applications. Manuscripts from both fundamental scientific researchers and authors from industrial companies involved in the field are welcome.
Prof. Dr. Guihong Han
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- selective separation
- solvent extraction
- microbubble flotation
- adsorption
- ion exchange
- rare metal
- hydrometallurgy
- pyrometallurgy
- electrometallurgy
- biometallurgy
