Abstract
The commercial recovery of scandium as a by-product of uranium extraction is described. A flouride strip system was developed to recover scandium from the solvent in concentrated form, and high purity scandium oxide was prepared in multi-pound lots by chemical separation techniques.
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Lash, L.D., Ross, J.R. Scandium Recovery from Uranium Solutions. JOM 13, 555–558 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03378097
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