A feasible extraction technology is investigated to recover gallic acid from gallic acid mother liquor.It is confirmed that methyl isobutyl ketone(MIBK)is a proper extractant.The influences of initial pH value
gallic acid concentration and phase ratio on extraction efficiency of MIBK are studied in detail.The results show that the pH value of extraction raffinate should be controlled to be less than 2.5 in the extraction process and at about 8 in the stripping process.The extraction rate is improved by increasing the phase ratio.The gallic acid concentration has no obvious effect on the extraction balance in both extraction and stripping processes.The multistage extraction rate reaches 95% at the phase ratio of 1 and the initial pH value of wastewater lower than 2.5.