Extraction of Uranium from Mineralized Waters of the Shaazgay Nuur Lake (Mongolia)
YU. V. OSTROVSKIY1, G. M. ZABORTSEV1, N. Z. LYAKHOV2 and V. P. ISUPOV2
1 JSC “State Specialized Design Institute”, Novosibirsk VNIPIET,
Ul. B. Khmelnitskogo 2, Novosibirsk 630075 (Russia)
E-mail: ost@vnipiet-nsk.ru
2 Institute of Solid State Chemistry and Mechanochemistry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences,
Ul. Kutateladze 18, Novosibirsk 630128 (Russia)
E-mail: isupov@solid.nsc.ru
Keywords: naturally occurring mineral water, uranium, galvanochemical treatment, sorption, anion
Pages: 655–660
Abstract
Processes were studied concerning uranium extraction from the mineralized water of the Shaazgay Nuur Lake using the techniques of galvanochemistry and ion exchange on anionites. The application of galvanochemical method with the use of coal and steel wool as galvanic couple has been demonstrated to allow almost completely extracting the uranium from the mineralized water with the uranium content amounting to about 1 mg/L. A quantitative extraction of uranium from the mineralized water using anion exchangers AM-P, Purolite A-400 and Purolite A-560, has been shown to be possible, both in static and dynamic modes.
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