Hydrochloric Acid Leaching Study of Rare Earth Elements from Moroccan Phosphate

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Chemical characteristics</td><td class="align_center">Percentages (%wt)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">P<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub></td><td class="align_center">28</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">SiO<sub>2</sub></td><td class="align_center">3.25</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub></td><td class="align_center">1.47</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub></td><td class="align_center">0.34</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">CaO</td><td class="align_center">45.05</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">MgO</td><td class="align_center">1.20</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">KO<sub>2</sub></td><td class="align_center">0.52</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">MnO</td><td class="align_center">&lt;0.01</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">TiO<sub>2</sub></td><td class="align_center">0.03</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">BPL</td><td class="align_center">61.18</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td><div>BPL (bone phosphate of lime) = 2.185 P<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub>.<br/></div></td></tr></table>

<div>Chemical composition of the phosphate.</div>

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