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The X-Ray Analysis of Uranium Ores for Iron Sulfide Minerals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

A. J. Durbetaki ,
R. H. Carlson  and
T. F. Quail
A. J. Durbetaki
Affiliation:
FMC Corporation, Chemical Research and Development Center, Princeton, New Jersey 08540
R. H. Carlson
Affiliation:
FMC Corporation, Chemical Research and Development Center, Princeton, New Jersey 08540
T. F. Quail
Affiliation:
FMC Corporation, Chemical Research and Development Center, Princeton, New Jersey 08540
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Hydrogen peroxide is used to extract uranium by the in situ leaching of sandstone ore deposits containing uraninite (UO2). Since FeS2 minerals, marcasite and pyrite, also occur in these deposits and they consume hydrogen peroxide in their oxidation, it is important to determine their concentration.

A quantitative X-ray diffraction (XRD) method was therefore developed in order to monitor the concentration of marcasite and pyrite in sandstone ores.

Type
III. XRF Applications: Mineral and Geological
Information
Advances in X-Ray Analysis , Volume 25: Thirtieth Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis, August 3-7, 1981 , 1981 , pp. 113 - 115
Copyright
Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1981

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