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Process for the separation of radioactive impurities of baddeleyite
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Inventors: Deneke, Klaus; Lenz, Arnold;
Assignee: Dynamit Nobel Aktiengesellschaft (Troisdorf, DE)
Primary Examiner: Miller; Edward A.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Sprung, Felfe, Horn, Lynch & Kramer
A process for separating radioactive impurities from baddeleyite to obtain zirconium dioxide containing only traces of radioactive impurities, comprising grinding the baddeleyite preferably to a particle size of a maximum of 2% greater than 0.06 mm and then treating it directly with a 10 to 60% by weight aqueous alkali hydroxide solution at elevated temperatures below the boiling point of said solution at temperatures of 80.degree. to 140.degree. C. for 2 to 15 hours or until the desired degree of purity of the zirconium dioxide is obtained. In a preferred embodiment, sodium hydroxide is utilized and the ground baddeleyite preliminarily has been purified to the content of greater than 98% (zirconium dioxide+hafnium dioxide) by known methods. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION We claim: 1.
A process for the separation of radioactive impurities from ground baddeleyite containing zirconium dioxide and which has been preliminarily purified to a concentrate containing more than 98% by weight of zirconium dioxide plus hafnium dioxide, comprising treating finely ground baddeleyite with an aqueous alkali hydroxide solution at elevated temperatures below the boiling point of said solution for removal of radioactive impurities form the ground baddeleyite and thereafter isolating said zirconium dioxide from said solution.
2.
A process as claimed in claim 1 wherein said finely ground baddeleyite has particle sizes of a maximum of 2% by weight greater than 0.
06 mm.
3.
A process as claimed in claim 1 wherein said treatment is carried out utilizing a 10 to 60% by weight aqueous alkali hydroxide solution 4.
A process as claimed in claim 1 wherein said treatment is carried out utilizing a 20 to 50% by weight aqueous sodium hydroxide solution.
5.
A process as claimed in claim 3 wherein said treatment is carried out at a temperature of from 80.
degree.
to 140.
degree.
C.
6.
A process as claimed in claim 4 wherein said treatment is carried out for from 2 to 15 hours.
7.
A process of claim 6, wherein said treatment is carried out at 80.
degree.
-140.
degree.
C.
8.
Process of claim 1, wherein the radioactive impurities are reduced to a total radiation intensity of less than 300 pCi/g.
9.
Process of claim 7, wherein the radioactive impurities are reduced to a total radiation intensity of less than 300 pCi/g.
10.
A process as claimed in claim 1, wherein said alkali hydroxide is sodium hydroxide.
Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED DIVISIONAL APPLICATION Reference is made to application Ser.
No.
102,596, filed Dec.
12, 1979, which is a division hereof.
The object of the invention is a process for the separation of radioactive impurities in ground baddeleyite, which is characterized in that finely ground baddeleyite is treated with aqueous alkali-hydroxide solution at elevated temperature, preferably at temperatures up to below the boiling point of the alkali-hydroxide solutions, until the desired degree of purity is attained, with subsequent isolation of the zirconium dioxide
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