Study of the physical properties of aluminothermic slags for the recovery of uranium and thorium

NORM minerals generate, after metallurgical processing, radioactive slags that can be controlled by CNEN. Thus, it is necessary to establish a reprocessing route to make the material exemption. The route necessarily passes through the characterization of the slag from its physical properties. In thi...

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Main Authors: VANDERLEI VILAÇA MOURA, Talita Oliveira Santos, Claubia Pereira
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Language:English
Published: Brazilian Radiation Protection Society (Sociedade Brasileira de Proteção Radiológica, SBPR) 2021-04-01
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Online Access:https://bjrs.org.br/revista/index.php/REVISTA/article/view/1513
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description NORM minerals generate, after metallurgical processing, radioactive slags that can be controlled by CNEN. Thus, it is necessary to establish a reprocessing route to make the material exemption. The route necessarily passes through the characterization of the slag from its physical properties. In this paper the results of the variation of the concentrations of U and Th oxides with the electrical, and magnetic properties of the slag, with their granulometry and with their density are presented. It has been observed that the metallurgical processing produces as slag a slag with molecular connections between the oxides that constitute it. In this way, the separation of the oxides will only be possible with the leaching of the slag.
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spelling doaj-art-cd666fc4da424fc9a9ff6af7ee39810c2025-08-20T03:13:32ZengBrazilian Radiation Protection Society (Sociedade Brasileira de Proteção Radiológica, SBPR)Brazilian Journal of Radiation Sciences2319-06122021-04-0191A10.15392/bjrs.v9i1A.15131172Study of the physical properties of aluminothermic slags for the recovery of uranium and thoriumVANDERLEI VILAÇA MOURA0Talita Oliveira Santos1Claubia Pereira2Departamento de Energia Nuclear - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - DEN/UFMGDepartamento de Anatomia e Imagem - Faculdade de Medicina - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMGDepartamento de Energia Nuclear - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - DEN/UFMGNORM minerals generate, after metallurgical processing, radioactive slags that can be controlled by CNEN. Thus, it is necessary to establish a reprocessing route to make the material exemption. The route necessarily passes through the characterization of the slag from its physical properties. In this paper the results of the variation of the concentrations of U and Th oxides with the electrical, and magnetic properties of the slag, with their granulometry and with their density are presented. It has been observed that the metallurgical processing produces as slag a slag with molecular connections between the oxides that constitute it. In this way, the separation of the oxides will only be possible with the leaching of the slag.https://bjrs.org.br/revista/index.php/REVISTA/article/view/1513normuraniumthoriumcolumbitetantaliteslags
spellingShingle VANDERLEI VILAÇA MOURA
Talita Oliveira Santos
Claubia Pereira
Study of the physical properties of aluminothermic slags for the recovery of uranium and thorium
Brazilian Journal of Radiation Sciences
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title Study of the physical properties of aluminothermic slags for the recovery of uranium and thorium
title_full Study of the physical properties of aluminothermic slags for the recovery of uranium and thorium
title_fullStr Study of the physical properties of aluminothermic slags for the recovery of uranium and thorium
title_full_unstemmed Study of the physical properties of aluminothermic slags for the recovery of uranium and thorium
title_short Study of the physical properties of aluminothermic slags for the recovery of uranium and thorium
title_sort study of the physical properties of aluminothermic slags for the recovery of uranium and thorium
topic norm
uranium
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tantalite
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url https://bjrs.org.br/revista/index.php/REVISTA/article/view/1513
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