Ion Exchange and Solvent Extraction

Bruce A. Moyer, Ph.D., has 34 years of experience in R&D on solvent extraction and ion exchange, focusing on metal ion separations for environmental and waste cleanup, nuclear fuel cycles, recovery of critical materials, and national security applications in the USDOE complex. Dr. Moyer leads the Chemical Separations Group of ORNL’s (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Chemical Sciences Division. He is editor of the journal Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange and has ten patents and more than 180 career publications.

X-ray studies of liquid interfaces for solvent extraction.Microfluidics.Task-specific ionic liquids for liquid-liquid extraction.Aqueous complexants.Drop-based modelling of extraction equipment.Recent advances in solvent extraction: from the molecule to the process. What can we learn from the studies of electrochemical processes at the interface between immiscible liquids?