| Publication Date |
1971 |
| Personal Author |
Ross, J. R.; George, D. R. |
| Page Count |
21 |
| Abstract |
Recovery of uranium from slightly alkaline mine water, available in the Ambrosia Lake district of New Mexico, was studied using countercurrent ion exchange columns. Approximately 5 million gallons of mine water containing 9 to 12 ppm U3O8 was treated by ion exchange using a 14-inch-diameter absorption column composed of five or six compartments each 4 feet deep. Uranium recoveries averaged in excess of 98 percent at solution flows ranging from 15 to 25 gallons per square foot per minute and resin loadings up to 3.6 pounds of U3O8 per cubic foot. Compared with existing ion exchange practices for recovering uranium from mine waters in the Ambrosia Lake district of New Mexico, use of these improved ion exchange contactors would reduce ion exchange resin requirements at least 70 percent and allow further substantial reductions in capital and operating costs. (Author) |
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| Corporate Authors |
Bureau of Mines, Washington, D. C. |
| Document Type |
Technical Report |
| Title Note |
Rept. of Investigations. |
| NTIS Issue Number |
197106 |
