PROCESS OF PURIFYING URANIUM
Abstract
A method of obtaining substantially pure uranium from a uranium composition contaminated with light element impurities such as sodium, magnesium, beryllium, and the like is described. An acidic aqueous solution containing tetravalent uranium is treated with a soluble molybdate to form insoluble uranous molybdate which is removed. This material after washing is dissolved in concentrated nitric acid to obtaln a uranyl nitrate solution from which highly purified uranium is obtained by extraction with ether.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Originating Research Org. not identified
- OSTI Identifier:
- 4296200
- Patent Number(s):
- 2865703
- Assignee:
- U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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C - CHEMISTRY C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY C01G - COMPOUNDS CONTAINING METALS NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C01D OR C01F
C - CHEMISTRY C22 - METALLURGY C22B - PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS
- NSA Number:
- NSA-13-008440
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-59
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- PATENTS; ACIDITY; ACIDS; BERYLLIUM; CONTAMINATION; ETHERS; IMPURITIES; MAGNESIUM; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; MOLYBDENUM OXIDES; NITRATES; NITRIC ACID; REFINING; SODIUM; SOLUTIONS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; URANIUM; URANIUM OXIDES; URANYL COMPOUNDS; URANYL NITRATES; WATER
Citation Formats
Seaborg, G T, Orlemann, E F, and Jensen, L H. PROCESS OF PURIFYING URANIUM. United States: N. p., 1958.
Web.
Seaborg, G T, Orlemann, E F, & Jensen, L H. PROCESS OF PURIFYING URANIUM. United States.
Seaborg, G T, Orlemann, E F, and Jensen, L H. Tue .
"PROCESS OF PURIFYING URANIUM". United States.
@article{osti_4296200,
title = {PROCESS OF PURIFYING URANIUM},
author = {Seaborg, G T and Orlemann, E F and Jensen, L H},
abstractNote = {A method of obtaining substantially pure uranium from a uranium composition contaminated with light element impurities such as sodium, magnesium, beryllium, and the like is described. An acidic aqueous solution containing tetravalent uranium is treated with a soluble molybdate to form insoluble uranous molybdate which is removed. This material after washing is dissolved in concentrated nitric acid to obtaln a uranyl nitrate solution from which highly purified uranium is obtained by extraction with ether.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {1958},
month = {12}
}
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