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PROGRESS REPORT ON RAND ORES FOR PERIOD NOVEMBER 16, 1949-DECEMBER 15, 1949

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4060690
Methods for more economical operation of the SO/sub 2/-air process were developed, and the process was successfully applied to the Rand leaching problems. Low-grade manganese ore was found to be a suitable source of MnO/sub 2/ for use in the leaching process. Lime used to precipitate uranium from leach and carbonate solutions produced a lowgrade precipitate from the leach solution but a high-grade precipitate from the carbonate solutions. Acid digestion used with leach process Y gave an indicated overall extraction of only 64%, but this was 88% of the uranium which was extracted by acid leaching. (auth)
Research Organization:
Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Watertown. Mineral Engineering Lab.
NSA Number:
NSA-15-014338
OSTI ID:
4060690
Report Number(s):
MITG-417
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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