RECOVERY OF URANIUM, ALUMINUM AND IRON VALUES

Patent · Thu Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1960

OSTI ID:4101265

A method is outlined for recovering and separating uranium, aluminum, and iron from ores having relatively large quantities of iron and aluminum as compared with the amount of uranium present. This method, especially applicable to separating uranium from Chattanooga shale, consists of chlorinating the ore at 600 to 1000 ts C to form volatile metal chlorides, condensing at 100 to 300 ts C to remove the sulfur and revaporizing, passing the volatile chlorides into granular Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/ at 600 to 1000 ts C to deposit the uranium, passing the remaining chlorides into Fe/sub 2/O/sub 3/ at 400 to700 ts C to convert the aluminum into Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/ and oxidizing the remaining iron to form Fe/sub 2/O/sub 3/. The chlorine left over is recycled. The uranium in the Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/ bed may be recovered by known means. (D.L.C.)

• Research Organization: Originating Research Org. not identified
• NSA Number: NSA-15-008911
• OSTI ID: 4101265
• Report Number(s): GB 855811
• Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• Language: English

Related Subjects

ALUMINUM
ALUMINUM OXIDES
CHATTANOOGA
CHEMISTRY
CHLORIDES
CHLORINATION
CHLORINE
DEPOSITS
IRON
IRON OXIDES
LIQUEFYING
METALS
NORTH AMERICA
ORES
OXIDATION
PATENT
RECOVERY
RECYCLING
REPROCESSING
ROCKS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SHALES
SULFUR
TEMPERATURE
TENNESSEE
URANIUM
USA
VOLATILITY