| Abstract: | Present technological methods do not ensure complete extraction of uranium from ores, because a definite amount of it remains in the solid part of the residue, even under conditions of severe leaching. The bulk of the over-all uranium losses during hydrometallurgical processing of ores is due to this fact.This paper gives experimental data confirming that one of the causes of uranium losses with the solid part of the residue is its sorption on minerals of the surrounding rock. The sorption capacity of such minerals as montmorillonite, kaolinite, bauxite, and albite, and the possibility of uranium desorption by solutiom of various salts and acids, were investigated.Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 51–55, January, 1964 |
