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PRODUCTION OF HIGH PURITY URANIUM TETRAFLUORIDE

Patent ·
OSTI ID:4814232

A process is given for recovering uranium values from a material. The process comprises producing a solution of said material in above 8 M mineral acid, treating said acid solution with a reducing agent to place the uranium in the +4 oxidation state, contaeting the reduced solution with an alkyl amine organic solvent-diluent extractant phase to ex tract the uranium therein, contacting the extract phase with a water phase to extract the uranium therein, and treating the water extract with an aqueous fluoride solution to precipitate a uranous fiuoride salt therefrom.

Research Organization:
Originating Research Org. not identified
NSA Number:
NSA-16-005404
OSTI ID:
4814232
Report Number(s):
AU 232233
Country of Publication:
Australia
Language:
English