Abstract:
The co-precipitate of Thorium and Uranium(AUTh C) was prepared by co-precipitation technique, the(Th,U)O
2+x powder was obtained by the decomposition and reduction of the AUTh C. The decomposition process of AUTh C was analyze by DTA-TG, the specific surface area of(Th,U)O
2+x powder was measured by BET method. The parameters which may effect the(Th,U)O
2+x powder properties were investigated, such as p H value, ammonia and ethanol. The result shows that the precipitation ratio was higher when the p H value was 5.5. Adding ammonia to make the p H value exceed 7.5 could improve the co-precipitation process. In the filtrate, the concentration of Uranium was 86 mg/L, the concentration of Thorium was 105 mg/L. Ethanol can prevent(Th,U)O
2+x powder grows hard-agglomeration in decomposition process, and the specific surface area of(Th,U)O
2+x could get up to 15 m
2/g on the condition that the AUTh C decomposed at 600℃ for 2 h.