Extraction of uranium from low-grade polish ores: Dictyonemic shales and sandstones

Nukleonika

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 451-459

  Frackiewicz, Kinga ^a   Kiegiel, Katarzyna ^a   Herdzik Koniecko, Irena ^a   Chajduk, Ewelina ^a   Zakrzewska Trznadel, Grazyna ^a   Wołkowicz, Stanisław ^b   Chwastowska, Jadwiga ^a   Bartosiewicz, Iwona ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b POLISH GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Dictyonemic shales; Leaching; Sandstones; Uranium ores

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872538283     PISSN: 00295922     EISSN: 15085791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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