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A method for the online control of cerium extraction from rare-earth raw materials based on the oxidation of its trivalent ions with hydrogen peroxide, followed by the precipitation of hydroxide and additional acid treatment to remove trivalent impurities has been considered.
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Original Russian Text © A.V. Nechaev, A.S. Sibilev, A.V. Smirnov, S.V. Shestakov, E.G. Polyakov, 2015, published in Khimicheskaya Tekhnologiya, 2015, Vol. 16, No. 9, pp. 535–539.
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Nechaev, A.V., Sibilev, A.S., Smirnov, A.V. et al. A rational approach to processing cerium-containing raw materials. Theor Found Chem Eng 50, 863–866 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0040579516050171
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