URANIUM SEPARATION PROCESS

Patent · Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 EDT 1959

OSTI ID:4236017

Hyde, E K; Katzin, L I; Wolf, M J

The separation of uranium from a mixture of uranium and thorium by organic solvent extraction from an aqueous solution is described. The uranium is separrted from an aqueous mixture of uranium and thorium nitrates 3 N in nitric acid and containing salting out agents such as ammonium nitrate, so as to bring ihe total nitrate ion concentration to a maximum of about 8 N by contacting the mixture with an immiscible aliphatic oxygen containing organic solvent such as diethyl carbinol, hexone, n-amyl acetate and the like. The uranium values may be recovered from the organic phase by back extraction with water.

• Research Organization: Originating Research Org. not identified
• NSA Number: NSA-14-002496
• Assignee: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
• Patent Number(s): US 2894827
• OSTI ID: 4236017
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

ACETATES
ALCOHOLS
AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS
AMYL RADICALS
CHEMISTRY
HEXANE
KETONES
MIXING
NITRATES
NITRIC ACID
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
RECOVERY
SALTING-OUT AGENTS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SOLUTIONS
SOLVENT EXTRACTION
THORIUM
THORIUM NITRATES
URANIUM
URANIUM NITRATES
WATER