Uranium/Vanadium Separation from El-Sahu Carnotite-Bearing Kaolin, Southwestern Sinai, Egypt

Authors

  • S .A. Abou El-Enein
  • I. E. El Aassy
  • A. A. Rezk
  • E .A . Manaa
  • W.A. Kassab

Keywords:

Uranium, Vanadium, Sinai, Carnotite

Abstract

A working sample of the lower Carboniferous carnotite-bearing kaolin of wadi El Sahu, Southwestern, Sinai assaying 2.6% uranium and 1.2% vanadium species is subjected to sulfuric acid pug leaching. The extraction behavior of both metal values was first studied from their combined synthetic solution using DEHPA and Aliquat-336 extractants. The obtained results are then applied upon El-Sahu sulfuric acid leach liquor where after proper oxidation of the leach liquor, uranium was selectively extracted as cationic ions by DEHPA solvent, while the vanadium left behind was subsequently extracted as anionic ions using Aliquat-336.

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Published

2014-04-18

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Abou El-Enein, S. .A., El Aassy, I. E., Rezk, A. A., Manaa, E. .A ., & Kassab, W. (2014). Uranium/Vanadium Separation from El-Sahu Carnotite-Bearing Kaolin, Southwestern Sinai, Egypt. International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), 15(1), 185–199. Retrieved from https://www.gssrr.org/index.php/JournalOfBasicAndApplied/article/view/2091

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Vol. 15 No. 1 (2014)

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