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Capability of Uranium Heap Leaching from Gattar and El Missikat Area, Eastern Desert, Egypt: A Kinetic Approach
M. S. Nagar*, K. F. Mahmoud, F. A. El-Sayed, W. M. Morsy, A. H. Mady and A. M. Mohamed
Article Number - 604F505D02227 | Vol. 2(3), pp. 24-34., March 2021 |
Received: 26 October 2020 | Accepted: 3 February 2021 | Published: 31 March 2021
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Abstract
Detailed
studies of uranium heap leaching from different uranium mineralization
resources situated in Eastern Desert of Egypt were investigated using sulfuric
acid via batch experiments. Bench scale leaching tests
using small column were also investigated after optimum conditions were
obtained. The obtained data indicated that leaching of GII
mineralization attained about 78.3% using 34 kg/ton at 44 days leaching time.
On the other hand, leaching efficiency of uranium from El Missikat
mineralization was about 86.6% which is higher than GII mineralization using
28kg/ton at a 40 days leaching time. Kinetics reaction models of column tests were
investigated to improved understanding of the chemical reaction mechanism
involved in the dissolution of this refractory mineral that influence the
leaching process. Based on the leaching results
of the two mineralized occurrences, the rate of the uranium dissolution is
controlled by both the chemical reaction and the diffusion reaction. However,
the diffusion reaction control was more predominant than the chemical reaction.
 Keywords:
El
Missikat, Gattar, Heap leaching, Column test, Kinetic reaction models.
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Authors
M. S. Nagar1*, K. F.
Mahmoud1, F. A. El-Sayed2, W. M. Morsy1, A. H.
Mady1 and A. M. Mohamed2
1Chemistry
Department, Faculty of Science, Menoufia University, Egypt.
2Nuclear Materials Authority, Egypt.
*Corresponding author. Email: [email protected]
How to Cite this Article
Nagar, M. S.,
Mahmoud, K. F., El-Sayed, F. A., Morsy, W. M., Mady, A. H. & Mohamed, A.
M. (2021). Capability of Uranium Heap Leaching from Gattar and El Missikat
Area, Eastern Desert, Egypt: A Kinetic Approach. Journal of Research in Science
and Technology, 2(3): 24-34.
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