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The Extraction of Uranium into Hexone as Uranyl Thiocyanate from Thorium Nitrate Solutions

Description: Technical report with six sections describing the process: (1) The reaction of HN)3 with HSCN; (2) The distribution of nitric acid between hexone and water; (3) The distribution of HSCN between hexone and water; (4) The solubility of thorium sulfate in various extraction solutions; (5) The distribution of protoactinium and fission elements between hexone and aqueous thiocyanate solutions; and (6) Separation of uranium from thorium by extraction into hexone as UO2(SCH)a.
Date: May 18, 1945
Creator: Reas, William H.
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