Abstract
The major constituents in spent FCC catalysts are Si, Al, Fe, Ti, alkali metals and some others. The spent catalyst is also composed small amounts of rare metals such as Ce, Nd, Ni and V. The selective adsorption and concentration of Ce and Nd from the leaching solution of spent FCC catalysts with sulfuric acid($0.25mol/dm^3$) were carried out by the column method with a chelate resin having a functional group of aminophosphoric acid type. Ce and Nd were separated from eluate liquor containing Al, Nd and V by the precipitation process with oxalic acid. Vanadium is purified from chloride ion coexistance by solvent extraction, employing tri-n-octyl phosphine oxide as extractant with Al in the raffinate solution. Rare metals with the purity of 99 percent were obtained from the spent FCC catalyst.
석유화학공업에서 사용된 유동접촉분해(FCC) 폐촉매의 주성분은 Si와 Al이며, 그외에 Fe, Zn, Ti 등의 기본금속과 알칼리금속 및 Ce, Nd, Ni, V 등의 희유금속이 함유되어 있다. $0.25mo1/dm^3-H_2SO_4$를 침출제로 폐촉매를 침출하였을 때 Ce가 640, Nd가 310, 그리고 V가 $450mg/dm^3$ 함유된 pH 1.0의 침출액을 얻었고, 아미노인산형 킬레이트수지에 의하여 Ce와 Nd를 선택흡착시킨 후, $4.0mol/dm^3-HCl$로 용리시켜 $1.2g/dm^3$의 Ce와 $0.75 g/dm^3$의 Nd 농축액을 얻었다. 농축액을 다시 옥살산 침전 및 공기산화법으로 처리하여 Ce와 Nd의 분리가 가능하였으며, 염소이온 공존하에 추출제 TOPO를 이용한 용매추출법으로 V와 Al을 각각 분리시켜, FCC 폐촉매로부터 순도가 99%인 Ce, Nd 및 V의 분리정제가 가능하였다.
