An investigation on the effects of Fe (Fe III, Fe II) and oxidation reduction potential on the dissolution of synthetic uraninite (UO 2)

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 109, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 125-130

  Ram, Rahul ^a   Charalambous, Fiona ^a   Tardio, James ^a   Bhargava, Suresh ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ferric and ferrous concentration; Oxidation reduction potential; Uraninite dissolution

Indexed keywords

BASIC SOLUTIONS; DISSOLUTION RATES; FERROUS CONCENTRATION; LOW GRADE; LOWER SOLUTION; MAIN PARAMETERS; NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; SELECTIVE SEPARATION; URANINITE DISSOLUTION;

DEPOSITS; EXTRACTION; INVESTMENTS; LEAD DEPOSITS; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; ORE REDUCTION; OXIDATION; OXIDE MINERALS; SILICATE MINERALS; URANIUM; URANIUM DEPOSITS;

DISSOLUTION;

EID: 84860417892     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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