SOLVENT EXTRACTION OF THORIUM FROM RARE EARTH .
Solvent extraction is a powerful separation technique in the preparation of nuclear grade thorium. In this study, monazite thorium concentrates produced from Malaysian monazite were used. Thorium was extracted from an aqueous nitric acid medium with TBP (30%) in kerosene and Aliquat336 (10%) in kerosene, respectively. Constant experimental conditions were used for the extraction in terms of ...