Application of chelating weak base resin Dowex M4195 to the recovery of uranium from mixed sulfate/chloride media
- Submitting institution
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The University of Sheffield
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 7760
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.cej.2017.02.041
- Title of journal
- Chemical Engineering Journal
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- First page
- 80
- Volume
- 317
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- ISSN
- 1385-8947
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- February
- Year of publication
- 2017
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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3
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- Use of seawater in uranium processing is a cheaper and more sustainable for mining operations but negatively impacts recovery. This is the first work to explore chelating resins in uranium recovery from saline sulfate media. This work offers a novel isothermal model based upon complexation-based mass transfer. The interpretation of this work led to a better mechanistic understanding of uranium extraction from an industrial saline recovery circuit. The unique resin functionality and metal uptake behaviour was instrumental in securing funding from NNL/BEIS in radioiodine treatment (£150K) and CBE-XP-EPSRC 2017 DOCT PRIZE (£109K).
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- Non-English
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