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Hydrogen peroxide in sulfuric acid extraction of uranium ores

Patent ·
OSTI ID:7079579
Uranium can be extracted from its ores at a pH of 2.5 to 5.5 using sulfuric acid, hydrogen peroxide, trace of iron and a sulfate. The extraction process is applicable to both tank leaching of conventionally mined ores and in situ leaching.
Assignee:
E.I. Du Pont de Nemours and Co.
Patent Number(s):
US 4425307
OSTI ID:
7079579
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Related Subjects

050400* -- Nuclear Fuels-- Feed Processing
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
ACTINIDES
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CONTAINERS
DISPERSIONS
DISSOLUTION
ELEMENTS
EXTRACTION
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN PEROXIDE
INORGANIC ACIDS
IRON
LEACHING
METALS
MIXTURES
ORE PROCESSING
ORES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PEROXIDES
PH VALUE
PROCESS SOLUTIONS
PROCESSING
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SOLUTIONS
SOLVENT EXTRACTION
SULFATES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFURIC ACID
TANKS
TRACE AMOUNTS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
URANIUM
URANIUM ORES