Investigate the benefit of common chelating agents to increase the extraction efficiency of REEs from U.S. Appalachian Basin clay. Possible chelating agents are Ethylene diamine tetra acetic acid (EDTA), nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA), and ethylenediamine succinic acid (EDDS).
i. Employ established sequential leaching methods to speciate REEs present within U.S. Appalachian Basin clay samples. ii. Determine the experimental conditions (pH, temperature, sample pre-treatment) that provide the most efficient extraction of REEs from U.S. Appalachian Basin clay. iii. Investigate the benefit of common chelating agents to increase the extraction efficiency of REEs from U.S. […]