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Method of removing phosphorus impurities from yellowcake |
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Method of removing phosphorus impurities from yellowcake
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Brown, et al. |
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April 5, 1983 |
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06/210,063 |
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November 24, 1980 |
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Brown; Richard A. (Trenton, NJ)
Winkley; Donald C. (Corpus Christi, TX)
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423/16 |
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| Abstract: |
Phosphorus impurities are removed from yellowcake by dissolving it in hydrochloric or sulfuric acid to a U.sub.3 O.sub.8 assay of at least 150 g/l at a pH of 2; precipitating uranium peroxide with hydrogen peroxide while keeping the pH between 2.2 and 2.6 and recovering the uranium peroxide from the phosphorus impurities remaining in solution. |
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