Journal
MINERALS ENGINEERING
Volume 172, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2021.107151
Keywords
Thorium; Uranium; Extraction; Monazite; Dipropylamine
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Monazite mineral is the main source of uranium and thorium, which are mainly associated with rare earth elements. Selective extraction of uranium and thorium was achieved using dipropylamine, with thermodynamic analysis indicating an exothermic process. This method allows for the preparation of marketable pure thorium and uranium products in addition to rare earth concentrate.
Monazite mineral is the main source of uranium and thorium, which are mainly associated with rare earth elements (REEs). So, their separation is the crucial task to satisfy their application for nuclear fuel. Dipropylamine was used for the first time in the selective extraction and separation of uranium and thorium from Monazite sulfate leach liquor. The extraction of thorium (98%) was achieved using dipropylamine in kerosene at pH 1; it was followed by selective extraction of uranium (97%) by Dipropylamine at pH 3. The thermodynamic analysis demonstrated that uranium (VI) and thorium (IV) extraction by dipropylamine is an exothermic process. From the stripped liquor (1 M H2SO4), Th and U were precipitated as oxalate and peroxide, respectively, for technological application. Thus, marketable pure thorium and uranium products were prepared in addition to rare earth concentrate.
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