Recovery of europium from a rare earth chloride solution

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 49, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 167-177

  Morais, C A ^a   Ciminelli, V S T ^b  

^a CENTRO DE DESENVOLVIMENTO DA TECNOLOGIA NUCLEAR   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; EUROPIUM; METAL RECOVERY; PH EFFECTS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PURIFICATION; SULFURIC ACID;

RARE EARTH CHLORIDE;

HYDROMETALLURGY;

EID: 0032100052     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0304-386x(98)00022-x     Document Type: Article

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