Extraction of uranium from wet-process phosphoric acid

A process for the extraction of uranium compounds from wet-process phosphoric acid includes lowering the iron concentration of the wet-process phosphoric acid and reducing the valency of any remaining ferric iron in the wet-process phosphoric acid to ferrous iron, and then extracting uranium compoun...

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Hauptverfasser: LYNN NICK, TAYLOR KELVIN JOHN, PAGE JESSICA MARY, SOLDENHOFF KARIN HELENE, DAVIDSON JAMES ANDREW, RICHARDSON MARCUS WORSLEY, BRISTOW NICHOLAS WARWICK, CHALMERS MARK S, KUCERA PAUL ROBERT, MACINTOSH PETER DOUGLAS, POOL THOMAS CHARLES, WAYRAUCH COLIN, JONES BRYN LLYWELYN
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Zusammenfassung:A process for the extraction of uranium compounds from wet-process phosphoric acid includes lowering the iron concentration of the wet-process phosphoric acid and reducing the valency of any remaining ferric iron in the wet-process phosphoric acid to ferrous iron, and then extracting uranium compounds from the wet-process phosphoric acid. The process can include separating a side stream from a feed stream of wet-process phosphoric acid, wherein the side stream has a greater concentration of the uranium compounds than the feed stream by filtration. Extracting uranium compounds from the wet-process phosphoric acid can be by ion exchange process or by solvent extraction.