Gallium bromide fluoride

The indium iodide complex [1-3] is > 99% extracted into diethyl ether from 0.5-2.5 M HI (6-30%). Gallium is not extracted under these conditions, but it is extracted from 6 M HCl. The hydriodic acid can be replaced by 0.5-3 M H2SO4 containing 15-20% of Kl. Chloride, bromide, fluoride, phosphate, and citrate do not interfere in the extraction of In from iodide media. Under the optimum conditions for the extraction, Tl, Cd, and Sn (and some Bi, Zn, Hg, and Sb) are extracted. Aluminium and Fe(II), like Ga, are not extracted. The indium iodide complex has also been extracted into chloroform containing N-benzylaniline [4,5]. 

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