
1 Thomas E. Garner, Zirconium and Hafnium Minerals, from ...
zirconium and hafnium solution is passed through a series of liquidliquid extractions, stripping, and scrubbing steps to separate zirconium from hafnium. Liquidliquid extraction, using methyl isobutyl ketone (containing thi ocyanate) as a solvent, separates zirconium from hafnium by preferentially extracting hafnium into the solvent phase. The zirconium ions are "complexed" with the ammonium ...