Abstract
Reactive extraction of pentanedioic acid using Amberlite LA-2 in different diluents, such as hexane, methylbenzene, kerosene, 4-methyl-2-pentanone, 2,6-dimethyl-4-heptanone, n-hexanone, 3-methyl-1-butanol, n-octanol, nnonanol, and n-decanol, respectively, was studied. At lower amine concentrations, K-D values of less than 1 were obtained but it improves as amine concentration was raised. Increase in amine concentration was found to increase the KD by 80-85% in inert diluents (hexane, methylbenzene and kerosene). In the chosen ketones, the extraction percentage follows the following trend 4-methyl-2-pentanone > DIBK > n-hexanone. Among the various diluents used, higher KD was obtained when alcohols were used as diluents. Mass action equilibria, linear solvation energy relationship modeling, and differential evolution (DE) was applied for estimating the model parameter and compare the model values with the experimental results of extraction equilibria.