The Separation of Metals from Treated Deep-Sea Ferromanganese Nodules by Adsorptive Bubble Techniques Using Salicylaldoxime and Sodium Diethyldithiocarbamate as Organic Precipitating Reagents

Abstract

An adsorptive bubble technique, using two organic precipitating reagents, is applied to separate cobalt, copper, nickel, and manganese from the leach liquors of sulfated deep-sea ferromanganese nodules. Recoveries of the four metal values are studied as a function of pH for each system. The organic precipitating reagents studied are salicylaldoxime and sodium diethyldithiocarbamate.