The transport behavior of Pb(II) through a novel disphase supplying supported liquid membrane (DSSLM) with 2-ethyl hexyl phosphonic acid-mono-2-ethyl hexyl ester (PC-88A) as the carrier in kerosene, polyvinylidene fluoride membrane(PVDF) as the support and HCl as the stripping agent, has been studied. The effects of organic-to-feed volume ratio (O:F), pH, initial concentration of Pb(II) and ionic strength in the feed solution, organic-to-strip volume ratio (O:S), concentration of HCl solution and PC-88A concentration in the supplying strip phase on transport of Pb(II) have also been investigated. The advantages of DSSLM campared to the traditional SLM were investigated. The system stability, the reuse of membrane solution and the retention of membrane phase were also studied. When initial Pb(II) concentration was 2.00 × 10-4 mol/L, the transport percentage of Pb(II) was up to 92.9% under the optimun conditions in 175 min. The kinetic equation was developed in terms of the law of mass diffusion and the theory of interface chemistry. The results were in good agreement with experimental results.
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