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Title: Removal of uranium from sulphate solutions containing molybdenum

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5716223

A process for recovering uranium values from a sulphate solution containing dissolved uranium and molybdenum and with a pH not exceeding about 5.5, includes reacting the solution with ammonia at a pH in the range of from about 8 to about 10, without the solution existing for any significant time at a pH of around 7, with resultant precipitation of uranium values relatively uncontaminated by molybdenum. The uranium containing precipitate is separated from the remaining solution while maintaining the pH of the remaining solution within the same range.

Assignee:
Sherritt Gordon Mines Ltd. (Canada)
Patent Number(s):
US 4405566
OSTI ID:
5716223
Resource Relation:
Patent Priority Date: Priority date 22 Aug 1980, Canada; Other Information: PAT-APPL-192929
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English