Extraction and Recovery of Radium, Uranium and Vanadium From Carnotite (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Charles L. Parsons

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0331177978 ISBN 13: 9780331177978

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Extraction and Recovery of Radium, Uranium, and Vanadium from Carnotite : A practical look at how early 20th-century researchers studied and improved methods to extract valuable elements from ore.

This nonfiction edition surveys the Bureau of Mines’ cooperative effort to understand radium production in the United States. It covers the motivation, the partnerships formed, and the step-by-step thinking behind processing carnotite ore, including the leaching, precipitation, and refining steps that were tested both in the lab and in plant-scale trials. The book presents the challenges and real-world constraints researchers faced as they sought to keep radium in the country and improve efficiency in mining and treatment.

• Learn how leaching with acids and alkaline approaches were explored to separate radium, uranium, and vanadium.
• Explore plant layouts, equipment such as leaching pots, suction filters, and crystallizing pans, and the practicalities of operating a radium-related processing facility.
• See how different chemical routes were tested to convert and purify uranium oxides and to handle vanadium-containing byproducts.
• Understand the historical context of early radiochemical research, collaboration between industry and government, and the move toward cost-conscious production.

Ideal for readers of mineral technology, industrial chemistry, and the history of radium research, this edition provides a clear, systematized view of early extraction techniques and their practical outcomes.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0331177978
• ISBN 13: 9780331177978
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 156