Tungsten Recovery from Searles Lake Brines by Ion Exchange (c8c2c08d-adbb-4273-905d-dbad9a22194f)
- Organization:
- The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers
- Pages:
- 6
- File Size:
- 514 KB
- Publication Date:
- Jan 1, 1980
Abstract
The US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines conducted laboratory tests to devise a process for recovering a marketable grade of tungsten from the brine of Searles Lake, Calif. The brine contains only 56 ppm W (70ppm WO3). Using ion exchange resins synthesized by USBM chemists, 98% of the tungsten was extracted from the brine and 92% of the tungsten was recovered as a marketable iron-tungsten concentrate containing 44% tungsten as tungsten trioxide. Although major technical problems have largely been resolved, research is progressing to escalate testing in a process research unit to provide more reliable data for an economic appraisal
Citation
APA: (1980) Tungsten Recovery from Searles Lake Brines by Ion Exchange (c8c2c08d-adbb-4273-905d-dbad9a22194f)
MLA: Tungsten Recovery from Searles Lake Brines by Ion Exchange (c8c2c08d-adbb-4273-905d-dbad9a22194f). The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, 1980.