Concentrated sulphuric acid treatment of an alkylphenyl acid phosphate extractant
US4385037A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 16, 1980 |
| Grant date | May 24, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 16, 2000 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P10/20
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Uranium in wet-process phosphoric acid in the tetravalent state is extracted with an alkylphenyl acid phosphate extractant comprising a mixture of mono- and di(alkylphenyl) esters of orthophosphoric acid. The pregnant extractant is stripped with a suitable stripping solution, and the barren extractant recycled to the extractant step. At least a portion of the recycled extractant is treated with concentrated sulphuric acid to remove organic and inorganic impurities including alkylphenol present in the barren extractant as a result of hydrolysis from the mixture of mono- and di-(alkylphenyl) esters of orthophosphoric acid to regenerate the extractant.
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