3.1. Selective extraction of calcium with D2EHPA3.1.1. Extraction operating conditions. Fig. 1 shows that the metal extraction order from sulfuric synthetic liquor by 0.3 M D2EHPA was Ca > Mg > Ni at pH < 4.3. At pH 2, Ca extraction was 37% and increased until reaching a maximum of 72% at pH 3.Thereafter, it dropped with the increase of pH as a …