Enhancement of the leaching rate of uranium in the presence of ultrasound

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 45, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 7639-7648

  Avvaru, Balasubrahmanyam ^a   Roy, S B ^b   Chowdhury, Sujit ^b   Hareendran, K N ^b   Pandit, Aniruddha B ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVITATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENERGY DISSIPATION; LEACHING; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; ULTRASONICS;

CONVECTIVE MOTION; PORE DIFFUSION; SOLID-LIQUID INTERFACES;

URANIUM;

CAVITATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENERGY DISSIPATION; LEACHING; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; ULTRASONICS; URANIUM;

EID: 33751303563     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie060599x     Document Type: Article

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