The recovery of rare earth oxides from a phosphoric acid by-product. Part 1: Leaching of rare earth values and recovery of a mixed rare earth oxide by solvent extraction

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-19

  Preston, J S ^a   Cole, P M ^a   Craig, W M ^a   Feather, A M ^a  

^a MINTEK   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY; LEACHING; OXIDES; PHOSPHORIC ACID; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

CALCIUM SULFATE; MIXED RARE EARTH OXIDES;

RARE EARTH COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0030143057     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-386X(95)00051-H     Document Type: Article

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