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The article considers the direction of development and the possibility of modeling of extractors of the mixer-settler type. It describes the process of extraction in such equipment, the design and results of tests on mixer-settlers of box and reactor types with mechanical mixing and air mixing, which in recent years have become particularly widespread in the uranium-ore and radiochemical branches of the industry.
It is shown that these extractors are stable in operation, simple to maintain, reliable in design, and highly efficient, and the possibilities of their further generalization are discussed. The conclusion reached is that the further development of extraction equipment will lead to the production and introduction into industry of ultrasonic and centrifugal extractors, which are somewhat more complex but also are much more efficient.
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Laskorin, B.N., Yakubovich, I.A., Zuev, G.P. et al. Extractors for the recovery of uranium and rare metals from aqueous reactors. The Soviet Journal of Atomic Energy 12, 535–544 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01481306
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