Toward greener comprehensive utilization of bastnaesite: Simultaneous recovery of cerium, fluorine, and thorium from bastnaesite leach liquor using HEH(EHP)

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 215-216, Issue , 2013, Pages 162-167

  Wang, Liangshi ^a,b   Yu, Ying ^a,b   Huang, Xiaowei ^a,b   Long, Zhiqi ^a,b   Cui, Dali ^a,b  

^a GENERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NONFERROUS METALS   (China)

^b Grirem Advanced Materials Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Bastnaesite; Cleaner production; Coordination scrubbing; HEH(EHP); Reductive stripping

Indexed keywords

BASTNAESITE; CLEANER PRODUCTION; COORDINATION SCRUBBING; COUNTERCURRENT EXTRACTION; EXTRACTION CAPACITY; EXTRACTION EFFICIENCIES; HEH(EHP); LEACH LIQUORS; LEACHING SOLUTION; STOICHIOMETRIC QUANTITIES;

CARBONATES; CERIUM; FLUORINE; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; LEACHING; POLLUTION CONTROL; RECOVERY; THORIUM;

RARE EARTHS;

EID: 84870189029     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.09.126     Document Type: Article

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