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Title: DEVELOPMENT OF THE EXCER PROCESS V: RECOVERY, PURIFICATION, AND IRON REDUCTION OF URANIUM USING A SULFATE ION EXCHANGE SYSTEM

Abstract

A uranium sulfate process flowsheet for the production of UF/sub 4/ from sulfate ore leach liquors is presented. The uraninm is sorbed on an anion- exchange resin from 0.2 M sulfate ore leach and eluted with 2 M H/sub 2/S0/sub 4/. Iron powder reduces UO/sub 2/SO/sub 4/ to U(SO/sub 4/)2 which is then sorbed on anion-exchange resin to separate it from the iron and eluted from the anion- exchange resin with 2 M H/sub 2/SO/sub 4/. The resulting U(SO/sub 4)2 is sorbed on a cationexchange resin from the H/sub 2/SO/sub 4/ solution and eluted from the resin with 5 to 6 M HCl. The UCl/sub 4/ thus produced may be treated with stoichiometric amounts of HF in order to precipitate UF/sub 4/.3/4H/sub 2/O. (auth)

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab., Tenn.
OSTI Identifier:
4280508
Report Number(s):
ORNL-2554
NSA Number:
NSA-13-004557
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-26
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-59
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
CHEMISTRY; ADSORPTION; ALPHA PARTICLES; ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; ANIONS; BETATRONS; CATIONS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COLLECTIVE MODEL; COPPER; DEUTERONS; DIRECT REACTIONS; EFFICIENCY; ELUTION; ENERGY; ENERGY RANGE; EVAPORATION; EXCER PROCESS; EXCITATION; GAMMA RADIATION; GRAIN SIZE; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; IMPURITIES; ION EXCHANGE; ION EXCHANGE MATERIALS; IRON; IRON COMPOUNDS; IRRADIATION; LEACHING; LIQUIDS; MEASURED VALUES; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR EMULSIONS; NUCLEAR MODELS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUCLEI; ORE PROCESSING; PHOTOFISSION; PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM DETECTORS; PHOTONEUTRONS; PHOTOPRODUCTION; PICK-UP; POWDERS; PRECIPITATION; PRODUCTION; PROTONS; RADIOCHE

Citation Formats

Holcomb, R.R., and Higgins, I.R. DEVELOPMENT OF THE EXCER PROCESS V: RECOVERY, PURIFICATION, AND IRON REDUCTION OF URANIUM USING A SULFATE ION EXCHANGE SYSTEM. United States: N. p., 1959. Web. doi:10.2172/4280508.
Holcomb, R.R., & Higgins, I.R. DEVELOPMENT OF THE EXCER PROCESS V: RECOVERY, PURIFICATION, AND IRON REDUCTION OF URANIUM USING A SULFATE ION EXCHANGE SYSTEM. United States. doi:10.2172/4280508.
Holcomb, R.R., and Higgins, I.R. Tue . "DEVELOPMENT OF THE EXCER PROCESS V: RECOVERY, PURIFICATION, AND IRON REDUCTION OF URANIUM USING A SULFATE ION EXCHANGE SYSTEM". United States. doi:10.2172/4280508. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/4280508.
@article{osti_4280508,
title = {DEVELOPMENT OF THE EXCER PROCESS V: RECOVERY, PURIFICATION, AND IRON REDUCTION OF URANIUM USING A SULFATE ION EXCHANGE SYSTEM},
author = {Holcomb, R.R. and Higgins, I.R.},
abstractNote = {A uranium sulfate process flowsheet for the production of UF/sub 4/ from sulfate ore leach liquors is presented. The uraninm is sorbed on an anion- exchange resin from 0.2 M sulfate ore leach and eluted with 2 M H/sub 2/S0/sub 4/. Iron powder reduces UO/sub 2/SO/sub 4/ to U(SO/sub 4/)2 which is then sorbed on anion-exchange resin to separate it from the iron and eluted from the anion- exchange resin with 2 M H/sub 2/SO/sub 4/. The resulting U(SO/sub 4)2 is sorbed on a cationexchange resin from the H/sub 2/SO/sub 4/ solution and eluted from the resin with 5 to 6 M HCl. The UCl/sub 4/ thus produced may be treated with stoichiometric amounts of HF in order to precipitate UF/sub 4/.3/4H/sub 2/O. (auth)},
doi = {10.2172/4280508},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jan 27 00:00:00 EST 1959},
month = {Tue Jan 27 00:00:00 EST 1959}
}

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