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Pengendapan Uranium pada Monasit Bangka sebagai Ammonium Diuranate (ADU) Menggunakan Gas NH3 Prassanti, Riesna; Fauzan, Ahmad Miftah; Putra, Aditya Widian; Pratama, Afiq Azfar; Dewita, Erlan; Hidayat, Rachmat Fauzi; Ani, Budi Yuli; Permana, Yoga
EKSPLORIUM Vol. 41 No. 1 (2020): MEI 2020
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.17146/eksplorium.2020.41.1.5879

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Monazite, as a by-product of tin mining, contains rare earth elements (REE) and radioactive elements like uranium (U) and thorium (Th). The monazite processing Research and Development at the Center for Nuclear Mineral Technology-National Nuclear Energy Agency (PTBGN-BATAN) has succeeded in separating REE as a hydroxide compound with an 85% recovery. The radioactive elements U and Th are each obtained as a product in the form of concentrated compounds of ammonium diuranate (ADU)/(NH4)2U2O7 and thorium hydroxide (Th(OH)4). In previous studies, the separation of U as ADU in monazite was carried out by the precipitation process using NH4OH solution. In this research, U will be precipitated as an ADU using NH3 gas reagents to obtain precipitation optimum conditions. Precipitation feed in the form of (U, Th, REE) sulfate solution derived from the monazite processing using the alkali or base method, which includes decomposition using NaOH, partial dissolution using HCl, and total dissolution using H2SO4. The parameters studied include the effect of NH3 gas flow rate, process temperature, and contact time on U recovery. The results showed that on the static pH-7 condition, the optimum state of U precipitation using NH3 gas is at NH3 gas flow rate of 150 ml/minutes, processing temperature of 30oC, and 15 minutes contact time with precipitation recovery of U 100%, Th 99.97%, and REE 99.93%. These results indicate that U has been taken entirely but still mixed with other elements, which are Th and REE, so that further research is needed to obtain U with high purity on optimum pH condition.
Preliminary Study of Yttrium Extraction from Tin Slag Using Hydrochloric Acid Hidayat, Rachmat Fauzi; Trinopiawan, Kurnia; Mubarok, Mohammad Zaki; Rommy, Rommy; Prassanti, Riesna; Putra, Aditya Widian; Ekaputri Hidayat, Amalia; Setiawan Widana, Kurnia; Purwanti, Tri; Laksmana, Roza Indra; Basuki, Triyono; Pratama, Afiq Azfar; Indryati, Suci
EKSPLORIUM Vol. 46 No. 2 (2025): NOVEMBER 2025
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.55981/eksplorium.2025.13299

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Tin slag, a byproduct of tin smelting, comprises several important metals, including yttrium, tantalum, manganese, iron, aluminum, titanium, and others. As an element that is used a lot in advanced materials, the separation of Yttrium becomes one of the most important steps in rare earth elements extraction. By using the alkali fusion process and leaching method, yttrium in the tin slag has been successfully extracted. The tin slag was subjected to an alkali fusion treatment with sodium hydroxide at a temperature of 700 °C, and the frit was ground into several particle sizes of +100 to -325 mesh using a laboratory ball mill and mortar. The frit was then leached using hydrochloric acid, with four parameters used: temperature, acid concentration, particle size, and stirring speed. The extracted yttrium reached a percentage of up to 86.94% at a temperature of 80 °C, acid concentration of 2 M, particle size of -325 mesh, and stirring speed of 150 rpm.