PROCESS OF EXTRACTING URANIUM AND RADIUM FROM ORES
Abstract
A process is presented for extracting uranium and radium values from a uranium ore which comprises leaching the ore with a ferric chloride solution at an elevated temperature of above 50 deg C and at a pH less than 4; separating the ore residue from the leaching solution by filtration; precipitating the excess ferric iron present at a pH of less than 5 by adding CaCO/sub 3/ to the filtrate; separating the precipitate by filtration; precipitating the uranium present in the filtrate at a Ph less than 6 by adding BaCO/sub 3/ to the filtrate; separating the precipitate by filtration; and precipitating the radium present in the filtrate by adding H/sub 2/SO/sub 4/ to the filtrate.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Originating Research Org. not identified
- OSTI Identifier:
- 4207730
- Patent Number(s):
- 2894804
- Assignee:
- U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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C - CHEMISTRY C22 - METALLURGY C22B - PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS
- NSA Number:
- NSA-14-002486
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-60
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- CHEMISTRY; ACIDITY; BARIUM CARBONATES; CALCIUM CARBONATES; FILTERS; IRON; IRON CHLORIDES; LEACHING; PRECIPITATION; RADIUM; SOLUTIONS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SULFURIC ACID; TEMPERATURE; URANIUM; URANIUM ORES
Citation Formats
Sawyer, C W, and Handley, R W. PROCESS OF EXTRACTING URANIUM AND RADIUM FROM ORES. United States: N. p., 1959.
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Sawyer, C W, & Handley, R W. PROCESS OF EXTRACTING URANIUM AND RADIUM FROM ORES. United States.
Sawyer, C W, and Handley, R W. Tue .
"PROCESS OF EXTRACTING URANIUM AND RADIUM FROM ORES". United States.
@article{osti_4207730,
title = {PROCESS OF EXTRACTING URANIUM AND RADIUM FROM ORES},
author = {Sawyer, C W and Handley, R W},
abstractNote = {A process is presented for extracting uranium and radium values from a uranium ore which comprises leaching the ore with a ferric chloride solution at an elevated temperature of above 50 deg C and at a pH less than 4; separating the ore residue from the leaching solution by filtration; precipitating the excess ferric iron present at a pH of less than 5 by adding CaCO/sub 3/ to the filtrate; separating the precipitate by filtration; precipitating the uranium present in the filtrate at a Ph less than 6 by adding BaCO/sub 3/ to the filtrate; separating the precipitate by filtration; and precipitating the radium present in the filtrate by adding H/sub 2/SO/sub 4/ to the filtrate.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {1959},
month = {7}
}
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