ArticleReaction chemistry & engineering2026
Pivotal influence of ligand field stabilization energy on the extraction order of divalent metal ions by acidic extractants.
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- Pivotal influence of ligand field stabilization energy on the extraction order of divalent metal ions by acidic extractants.Reaction chemistry & engineering · 2026Article
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Abstract
Even after decades of industrial use, the fundamental factors governing the selectivity of acidic extractants for various divalent metal ions in the fourth period of the periodic system have not yet been identified. In this paper, the case is made for ligand field stabilization energy as the principal quantity determining the extractability of a divalent metal ion by a particular acidic extractant. This stabilizing energetic contribution results from non-isotropic (covalent) interactions between the metal ion and the extractant, which acts as an inner-sphere ligand in the metal-extractant complex. The extractability of a metal ion appears to be largely determined by the difference in ligand field stabilization energy in the organic
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