Uranium extraction from purified wet process Jordanian phosphoric acid: A development study

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 309-322

  Rawajfeh, Khaled M ^a   Al Matar, Ali Kh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); KEROSENE; OXIDATION; PHOSPHORIC ACID; URANIUM METALLURGY;

PURIFIED WET PROCESS;

HYDROMETALLURGY;

EID: 0033721699     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-386X(00)00080-3     Document Type: Article

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