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Title: THE DETERMINATION OF THE MAJOR CONSTITUENTS OTHER THAN URANIUM IN BELGIAN CONGO ORE

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4180090

Methods for determining the major constituents of Belgian Congo ore other than uranium are reviewed. A method is given for the determination of cobalt by precipitation with potassium ethyl xanthate from a nitric acid solution of the ore. After wet oxidation of the precipitate, it is titrated potentiometrically in ammoniacal citrate solution with potassium ferricyanide. A method for the determination of silicon is given in which the silica is dehydrated by fuming with perchloric acid. After filtration and ignition, it is volatized as the fluoride, and the silica is deternfined from weight loss. Nickel is determined from a solution of the ore in nitric acid by double precipitation with dimethyl glyoxime after addition of citrate ion, hydroxylamine, and ammonia. Molybdenum is determined by precipitation as lead molybdate after preliminary separation with benzoin oxime. Aluminum is determined by precipitation as the benzoate, thioglycolic acid being used to complex the iron. The aluminum is then estimated gravimetrically with oxime. A composite method is presented for the deterndnation of lead, iron, alununum, calciuna, and magnesium. (C.J.G.)

Research Organization:
Gt. Brit. Springfields Works, Springfields, Lancs, England
NSA Number:
NSA-14-011614
OSTI ID:
4180090
Report Number(s):
SCS-R-91
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-60
Country of Publication:
Country unknown/Code not available
Language:
English