The Electrolytic Recovery of Uranium from Vitro Leach Liquor by Means of Ion Exchange Membranes

The Electrolytic Recovery of Uranium from Vitro Leach Liquor by Means of Ion Exchange Membranes
Author: Norman W. Frisch
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Total Pages: 16
Release: 1955
Genre: Ion-permeable membranes
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The investigation of the electrolytic precipitation of uranium from a sample of acid leach liquor in an ion exchange membrane cell has been conducted on leach liquor from the Vitro Co. This leach liquor can be treated by the above means to precipitate essentially all the uranium and simultaneously to produce additional acid which may be used for further leaching.

Recovery of Uranium from Vitro Leach Liquors by Ion Exchange. Part II. Cyclic Column Tests Comparing IRA-400 and XE-75 Resins and Cyclic Testing of a Resin-in-Pulp System

Recovery of Uranium from Vitro Leach Liquors by Ion Exchange. Part II. Cyclic Column Tests Comparing IRA-400 and XE-75 Resins and Cyclic Testing of a Resin-in-Pulp System
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Total Pages: 56
Release: 1954
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A three-column ion exchange test program on Vitro leach liquors was run to compare the performance of IRA-400 and XE-75 resins with respect to loading, elution, and poisoning characteristics. When a high molybdenum liquor was used as feed to the columns, molybdenum poisoning was shown to occur with both IRA-400 and XE-75 resins; however, this poisoning action was much less rapid and less extensive in the case of XE-75. In this respect the XE-75 was found to be similar to Permutit SE. The use of a six percent caustic regenerant completely restored the ion exchange properties of the poisoned XE-75 resin. A cyclic resin-in-pulp process for recovery of uranium from Vitro leach liquors and pulps was studied. The Winchester cell was employed for this investigation in conjunction with XE-123 resin - - a plust 20 mesh resin with the exchange characteristics of XE-75. Performance data, including the effects of molybdenum poisoning, indicate that a 12 cell string may be used effectively with seven cells on exhaustion and five on elution.