Thorium Removal, Recovery and Recycling: A Membrane Challenge for Urban Mining [PDF]
Membranes, 2023 Although only a slightly radioactive element, thorium is considered extremely toxic because its various species, which reach the environment, can constitute an important problem for the health of the population.
Geani Teodor Man +7 more
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Comparing activated carbon and graphene-based electrodes using electrosorption process to quantify environmental impact associated with thorium extraction via LCA framework [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThorium extraction from radioactive waste via various methods, including solvent extraction, ion exchange, adsorption, and electrosorption, raises significant concerns regarding radiological risks, human health, emissions, and other environmental impacts.
Naseem Akhtar +3 more
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Simultaneously Recovery of Thorium and Tungsten through Hybrid Electrolysis–Nanofiltration Processes [PDF]
ToxicsThe recovery and recycling of metals that generate toxic ions in the environment is of particular importance, especially when these are tungsten and, in particular, thorium.
Geani Teodor Man +7 more
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Data of REEs (Ce, Nd, Th) analysis from Bangka tin tailing applying froth flotation method using sodium oleate and KClO3Mendeley DataMendeley DataMendeley Data [PDF]
Data in BriefThis article presented the data of REEs (Rare Earth Elements) analysis from exploitation of Bangka tin tailing, Indonesia. Nowadays, REEs have broad applications in modern industry such as computer memory, DVDs, rechargeable batteries, cell phones ...
Wiwik Dahan +5 more
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Iron, aluminum, and thorium impurity removal from a rare earth element pregnant leach solution using magnesium carbonate [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThis study investigates the selective precipitation of aluminum, iron, and thorium from a rare earth element (REE)-containing pregnant leach solution (PLS) using magnesium carbonate (MgCO3) as a precipitant.
Sicheng Li +3 more
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Advancing Selective Extraction: A Novel Approach for Scandium, Thorium, and Uranium Ion Capture [PDF]
Small ScienceThe potential use of thorium (Th) and uranium (U) as nuclear fuels underscores the importance of developing materials for their sustainable recovery. The production of Th and U requires the separation of these elements from rare‐earth elements (REEs) as ...
Iryna Protsak +5 more
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Separation of thorium from a real acidic leach liquor solution by solvent extraction method with Di(2-ethylhexyl) phosphoric acid as extractant and chemical precipitation with ammonia [PDF]
مجله علوم و فنون هستهای, 2023 Due to the limited uranium reserves, the abundance of thorium compared to it, not being used in nuclear proliferation, and other advantages of thorium fuels over uranium fuels, the development of the thorium fuel cycle in various countries, including ...
F. Khanramaki +4 more
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Transport behavior of thorium(IV) in a continuous-flow liquid membrane containing Di-(2-ethylhexyl) phosphonic acid [PDF]
مجله علوم و فنون هستهای, 2020 As a step towards the development of liquid membrane technology for the recovery of thorium from dilute solutions, the article investigates transport behavior of Th(IV) from a feed (solution) phase containing 0.0001M hydrochloric acid (HCl) into a ...
S.A. Milani, F. Zahakifar
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A Survey on Various Methods of Extraction and Recovery of Thorium
Journal of the Turkish Chemical Society, Section A: Chemistry, 2021 In this survey, some methods of extraction of thorium such as selective extraction of thorium using phosphorodiamidate, selective cloud point extraction of thorium, extraction of thorium from sulfuric acid baking and leaching of monazite, extraction of ...
Sugyani DASH +3 more
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Evaluation of the acid leaching technique for recovery of U3O8 and ThO2 in niobium/tantalum slag
Brazilian Journal of Radiation Sciences, 2023 This study presented the recovery of uranium oxide and thorium oxide from aluminothermic slag from the metallurgical processing of columbite – a niobium/tantalum mineral with the presence of U3O8 and ThO2 – from a mining-industrial facility.
Vanderlei Vilaça Moura +2 more
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