Uranous sulfate precipitation as a novel hydrometallurgical process for uranium purification

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 163, Issue , 2016, Pages 49-54

  Burns, Alexander D ^a   Abbasi, Parisa ^a   Dreisinger, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Demonstration; Flow sheet; Hydrometallurgy; Uranous sulfate; Uranous sulfate precipitation

Indexed keywords

DEMONSTRATIONS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; HYDROMETALLURGY; URANIUM;

BENCH SCALE; HIGH GRADES; HYDROMETALLURGICAL PROCESS; IMPURITIES IN; LEACH SOLUTIONS; REDUCTION PROCESS; SULFATE SOLUTIONS; URANOUS SULFATE;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84962704735     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2016.03.008     Document Type: Article

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