GB798322A - Improvements in or relating to recovery of polonium - Google Patents

Improvements in or relating to recovery of polonium

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Publication number
GB798322A
GB798322A GB3221352A GB3221352A GB798322A GB 798322 A GB798322 A GB 798322A GB 3221352 A GB3221352 A GB 3221352A GB 3221352 A GB3221352 A GB 3221352A GB 798322 A GB798322 A GB 798322A
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copper
polonium
bismuth
solution
hydrochloric acid
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GB3221352A
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Grant Lewis Miles
Kenneth Winfield Bagnall
David Flower Sangster
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UK Atomic Energy Authority
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UK Atomic Energy Authority
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Priority to GB3221352A priority Critical patent/GB798322A/en
Publication of GB798322A publication Critical patent/GB798322A/en
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21G—CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; RADIOACTIVE SOURCES
    • G21G1/00—Arrangements for converting chemical elements by electromagnetic radiation, corpuscular radiation or particle bombardment, e.g. producing radioactive isotopes
    • G21G1/001—Recovery of specific isotopes from irradiated targets
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C01—INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • C01G—COMPOUNDS CONTAINING METALS NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C01D OR C01F
    • C01G99/00—Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21G—CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; RADIOACTIVE SOURCES
    • G21G1/00—Arrangements for converting chemical elements by electromagnetic radiation, corpuscular radiation or particle bombardment, e.g. producing radioactive isotopes
    • G21G1/001—Recovery of specific isotopes from irradiated targets
    • G21G2001/0094—Other isotopes not provided for in the groups listed above

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  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Organic Chemistry (AREA)
  • Inorganic Chemistry (AREA)
  • Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis (AREA)
  • General Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • High Energy & Nuclear Physics (AREA)
  • Manufacture And Refinement Of Metals (AREA)

Abstract

Polonium is separated from mixture with bismuth, e.g. thermal neutron irradiated bismuth, by maintaining a hydrochloric acid solution of bismuth and polonium in contact with metallic copper to replace the polonium in solution by copper, washing the copper to remove bismuth, and then recovering the polonium from the copper. The solution may be percolated through a copper tube containing pieces or particles of copper, the tube and contents being washed with hydrochloric acid and acetone. Polonium may be obtained from the copper by distillation at 700-1000 DEG C. in vacuo or a stream of inert or reducing gas.
GB3221352A 1952-12-19 1952-12-19 Improvements in or relating to recovery of polonium Expired GB798322A (en)

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GB3221352A GB798322A (en) 1952-12-19 1952-12-19 Improvements in or relating to recovery of polonium

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GB3221352A GB798322A (en) 1952-12-19 1952-12-19 Improvements in or relating to recovery of polonium

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GB798322A true GB798322A (en) 1958-07-16

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Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2004106560A1 (en) * 2003-06-03 2004-12-09 Wmc Resources Ltd A process for treating dust
AU2004243344B2 (en) * 2003-06-03 2010-03-04 Australian Nuclear Science And Technology Organisation A process for treating dust

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2004106560A1 (en) * 2003-06-03 2004-12-09 Wmc Resources Ltd A process for treating dust
AU2004243344B2 (en) * 2003-06-03 2010-03-04 Australian Nuclear Science And Technology Organisation A process for treating dust

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