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Uranium speciation and in situ leaching of a sandstone-type deposit from China

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In this paper, uranium ore samples collected from different hole depth and different numbered hole. The effects of uranium speciation to in situ leaching of uranium were analyzed by sequential chemical extraction and sulfuric acid leaching tests. These results imply that the distribution characteristics of uranium speciation are significantly different whether they are in the same numbered uranium ore sample or in the different numbered uranium ore samples. The residual uranium are the most component in primary mineral. The acidity has a great influence on the leaching rate of uranium ore in situ leaching of uranium.

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We thank anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments and English correcting. This project was sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, Grant Nos. 40973070, 41373115), the Scientific Research Project of Education Office of Hunan Province (Grant No. 16C1385) and Zhengxiang Scholar Program of the University of South China (Grant No. 201401).

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  2. College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China

    Q. Ma, P. Liu, X. K. Lin, Z. G. Li & M. S. Chen

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Ma, Q., Feng, Z.G., Liu, P. et al. Uranium speciation and in situ leaching of a sandstone-type deposit from China. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 311, 2129–2134 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-016-5154-1

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