In this study, batch experiments were performed to study the behavior of potassium amyl xanthate surfactant on Fe, Cu and U ions for the pretreatment of Abu Zeneima sulphate leach liquor. Various parameters, such as amount of potassium amyl xanthate, pH, stirring time, sample volume to potassium amyl xanthate mass (v/m ratio) and temperature were tested to determine the optimum conditions. The numerical results obtained support the experimental data on decreasing the iron and copper values where 0.1 g potassium amyl xanthate could remove 86.8 mg Fe and 0.98 mg Cu from the studied sulphate solution with no effect on uranium content. FTIR spectroscopy and XRF analysis were used for investigation.
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