화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.83, 72-80, March, 2020
DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2019.11.014  Export Citation
Solvent extraction, separation and recovery of thorium from Korean monazite leach liquors for nuclear industry applications
Kyeong Woo Chung, Ho-Sung Yoon, Chul-Joo Kim, Jin-Young Lee1, and Rajesh Kumar Jyothi1, †
  • Resource Recovery Research Center, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM), Daejeon 34132, Republic of Korea
  • 1Convergence Research Center for Development of Mineral Resources (DMR), Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM), Daejeon 34132, Republic of Korea
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The technology for extraction and recovery of the thorium from its source is one of the significant areas of research Present investigation deals on development of a process for extraction of thorium and its separation from the uranium and rare earths contained Korean monazite leach liquor. In the preliminary study, sulfuric acid treatment of monazite concentrate followed by water leaching was carried out. Furthermore double salt precipitation and acid leaching lead to produce thorium rich leach liquor. Various commercial extractants accomplishing D2EHPA, PC88A, Amine and Primene JM-T were tested and optimized for selective separation of thorium. The effective extraction behavior of thorium followed the order as; Primene JM-T > D2EHPA > PC88A and high separation factor was resulted at high acidity (2.5 mol/L) of leach liquor, ensuring on high selectivity of Primene JM-T towards loading of Th. The co-extraction of cerium was prevented by changing thorium oxidation state using Fe2+ and H2O2 and reported. The co-extraction of other associated rare earths was scrubbed with sulfuric acid solutions. Subsequently, stripping studies were carryout with two different types of mineral acids and it was quantitative using high acid concentration (5 mol/L).
Keywords:Thorium;Extraction;Separation;Korean monazite;Stripping
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