Resolution of oil-in-water emulsions containing uranium

Details Resolution of oil-in-water emulsions containing uranium Resolution of oil-in-water emulsions containing uranium

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B01J 13/00 (2006.01) B01D 17/04 (2006.01) C22B 60/02 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 1095807

IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE APPLICATION OF RODNEY H. DOFT FOR RESOLUTION OF OIL-IN-WATER EMULSIONS CONTAINING URANIUM ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A method of resolving oil-in-water emulsions resulting from the organic solvent extraction of uranium from aqueous acidic leach liquors which comprises treating said emulsions in accordance with the following steps: (a) adding to said emulsions a water-in-oil emulsion which contains from 2 - 50% by weight of a water-soluble acrylamide copolymer which contains from 5 - 50% by weight of a lower alkyl substituted tertiary aminoethyl methacrylate and quaternary ammonium salts thereof in an amount to provide at least 20 parts per million of the acrylamide copolymer; (b) adjusting the pH of the emulsion being treated with ammonia to at least 9; (c) adding to the ammonia treated emulsion a water- soluble surfactant which is capable of inverting the water-in-oil emulsion which contains the po]ymer; and then (d) slowly mixing the treated oil-in-water emulsion for at least one-half hour to obtain good resolution thereof.

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