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Chattanooga shale: a valuable US resource

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OSTI ID:6484951
Chattanooga shale, a major component of the eastern Devonian shales, covers a wide area from lower Kentucky through Tennessee and into northern Alabama. It contains sizable resources of oil and several critically needed metals. Leaching experiments with sulfuric acid have demonstrated that excellent trace metal recoveries can be obtained from hydroretorted Chattanooga shale, i.e., the solid residue remaining after the raw shale has been processed to produce oil and/or gas.
Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-26
OSTI ID:
6484951
Report Number(s):
CONF-810520-5
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English