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In the rapidly growing industry of elemental-phosphorus production from western phosphates, most of the vanadium and chromium contained in the phosphate rock collect in the byproduct ferrophosphorus. Results are presented of a completed laboratory project, which developed a tristage crystallization and hydrolysis process for recovering strategic vanadium and chromium, as well as a valuable phosphorus product, after extracting these elements from the ferrophosphorus by roasting and leaching.
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Discussion on this paper, TP 3477D, may be sent, 2 copies, to AIME by May 1, 1953. Manuscript, July 21, 1952. Spokane Regional Meeting, May 1952.
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Banning, L.H., Anable, W.E. & Rasmussen, R.T.C. Tristage Crystallization Process for Utilizing Western Ferrophosphorus. JOM 5, 423–430 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03398966
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03398966