Show uranium from waste matter A new process for recovering uranium from the slimy water which Is a product byproduct by of the manufacture of phosphate fertilizer has been developed the process a creation of columbia university chemist dr victor K lamer uses spec specially lally treated potato starch lime water and other basic chemicals to curdle cardle and settle uranium bearing solid materials out of the water which was once con considered useless se and a nuisance the process has been made available to phosphates manufacturers free though there has been no public announcement of its commercial application in explaining the technique to the american chemical society dr lamer compared the process to that of curdling creamy milk mu by treating it with acid he explained that in the case of the phosphate slime the solids are mostly clay and similar substance but centam a commercially useful amount of cranium irani um he add addi that while uranium has already alread ben hen extracted from high grade SIL shine ne more of it has been thrown away than was recovered with the new process for the first time can be taken from the low grade waste |