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Uranium leaching using mixed organic acids produced by Aspergillus niger

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Both of culture temperature and pH value had impacts on the degree of uranium extraction through changing types and concentrations of mixed organic acids produced by Aspergillus niger, and significant interactions existed between them though pH value played a leading role. And with the change of pH value of mixed organic acids, the types and contents of mixed organic acids changed and impacted on the degree of uranium extraction, especially oxalic acid, citric acid and malic acid. The mean degree of uranium extraction rose to peak when the culture temperature was 25 °C (76.14 %) and pH value of mixed organic acids was 2.3 (82.40 %) respectively. And the highest one was 83.09 %. The optimal culture temperature (25 °C) of A. niger for uranium leaching was different from the most appropriate growing temperature (37 °C).

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Project supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (10975071) and the Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (10JJ2033, 13JJ3077).

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    Yong-dong Wang, Guang-yue Li, De-xin Ding, Zhi-xiang Zhou, Qin-wen Deng, Nan Hu & Yan Tan

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Wang, Yd., Li, Gy., Ding, Dx. et al. Uranium leaching using mixed organic acids produced by Aspergillus niger . J Radioanal Nucl Chem 298, 769–773 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-013-2664-y

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