This study covers the transportation of Cu (Ⅱ) ions by multi-dropped liquid membrane (MDLM) system and tri-noctylamine (TNOA) as carrier in kerosene.Batch experiments are held to obtain optimum conditions for the transportation of Cu (Ⅱ) ions such as volume of donor

organic

and acceptor phase 100 ml

pH of donor phase 9.00

temperature 298.15 K

concentration of H

2

SO

4

in acceptor phase 1.00 mol·L

-1

concentration of TNOA in organic phase 5.00×10

-3

mol·L

-1

and rate of peristaltic pump 50 ml·min

-1

.Optimum circumstances of this extraction are as follows:pH of donor phase is 9.00

concentration of TNOA is 5.00×10

-3

mol·L

-1

1.00 mol·L

-1

H

2

SO

4

as acceptor phase

and flux rate is 50 ml·min

-1

.Cu (Ⅱ) ion transportation is consecutive first order irreversible reaction.Activation energy is found as 5.22 kcal·mol

-1

(21.82 kJ·mol

-1

)

this process is called as diffusion controlled system.Selective transportation of Cu (Ⅱ) ions with alkaline

alkaline earth

and different heavy metal ions at optimum conditions of single Cu (Ⅱ) extraction was cond

ucted.According to the selective transportation Cu (Ⅱ) ions with alkaline and alkaline earth metal ions

Na

+

K

+

and Ba

2+

ions are not detected in the acceptor phase

but 12.00% of Ca

2+

ions is transported from donor phase to acceptor phase.At the end of the simultaneous extraction of Zn (Ⅱ)

Fe (Ⅲ)

and Mo (VI) with Cu (Ⅱ) ions

2.20% of Mo (VI)

0.80% of Fe (Ⅲ) and 3.60% of Zn (Ⅱ) are detected in the acceptor phase.