Actinide concentration from lunar regolith via hydrocyclone density separation
- Aeronautics and Aerospace Open Access Journal
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Peter J Schubert, Eli Kindomba, Connor Hantzis, Adam Conaway, Haoyee Yeong, Steven Littell, Sashindran Palani
Abstract
Beneficiation of regolith to concentrate the high-density ore fraction from the gangue can be accomplished through momentum transfer methods, such as ballistic deflection or cyclonic separation.
Keywords
thorium, sorting, beneficiation, ISRU, Moon, fission
