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Cobalt and Nickel Separation

Q. I am trying to recover Cobalt, Nickel and lithium from spent lithium ion batteries. After the solvent extraction stage, I am left with Cobalt and nickel which have similar properties and I cannot find a way to separate them. The two metals are in sulphate solution.

Segoelele Mapheto
student - Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
2004

Q. I do not know how to separate nickel and cobalt metals from disposal of lithium batteries in hydrochloric acid solution.

Hany Elnabarawy
- Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt
2005

Q. What is the easiest way of separating nickel, iron, and cobalt?

Abedi Lupembe
- Dodoma, Tanzania
September 18, 2012

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