AU2007271166B2 - Method for separating a chemical element from uranium (VI) using an aqueous nitric phase, in a uranium extraction cycle - Google Patents

Method for separating a chemical element from uranium (VI) using an aqueous nitric phase, in a uranium extraction cycle Download PDF

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AU2007271166B2
AU2007271166B2 AU2007271166A AU2007271166A AU2007271166B2 AU 2007271166 B2 AU2007271166 B2 AU 2007271166B2 AU 2007271166 A AU2007271166 A AU 2007271166A AU 2007271166 A AU2007271166 A AU 2007271166A AU 2007271166 B2 AU2007271166 B2 AU 2007271166B2
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Gilbert Andreoletti
Patrick Bourdet
Jean-Paul Moulin
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AU2007271166A 2006-07-03 2007-07-02 Method for separating a chemical element from uranium (VI) using an aqueous nitric phase, in a uranium extraction cycle Ceased AU2007271166B2 (en)

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FR0652772A FR2903025B1 (fr) 2006-07-03 2006-07-03 Procede pour separer un element chimique de l'uranium a partir d'une phase aqueuse acide, dans un cycle d'extraction de l'uranium
FR0652772 2006-07-03
PCT/EP2007/056651 WO2008003681A1 (fr) 2006-07-03 2007-07-02 Procede pour separer un element chimique de l'uranium(vi) a partir d'une phase aqueuse nitrique, dans un cycle d'extraction de l'uranium

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