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Phosphate recovery in reverse flotation using a fluosilicate to deactivate the reagents

Assignee: JBS USA LLC
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Filing: 1955-01-24
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Granted: 1956-06-05
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Expires: 1975-01-24
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 William A Hodges
  • 👤 Joseph E Floyd

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-08 22:46
CPC Classifications
B; B03; B03D; B03D1/00; B03D1/001; B03D1/002; B03D2203/00; B03D2203/02; B03D2203/04; B03D2203/06; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S209/00; Y10S209/902

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 78 words
IN A PROCESS FOR CONCENTRATING PHOSPHATE VALUES FROM PHOSPHATE ORE BY A REVERSE FLOTATION PROCESS WHEREIN A NEGATIVE-ION REAGENT IS USED TO SEPARATE A ROUGHER CONCENTRATE RICH IN PHOSPHATE AND LEAN IN, SILICIOUS IMPURITIES, THE NEGATIVE-ION REAGENT DEACTIVATED AND A POSITIVEION REAGENT USED TO SEPARATE THE SILICIOUS IMPURITIES FROM THE PHOSPHATE, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES TREATING THE ROUGHER CONCENTRATE WITH A WATER-SOLUBLE FLUOSILICATE OT DEACTIVATE SAID NEGATIVE-ION REAGENT PRIOR TO SEPARATING THE SILICIOUS IMPURITIES WITH THE POSITIVE-ION REAGENTS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 78 words
IN A PROCESS FOR CONCENTRATING PHOSPHATE VALUES FROM PHOSPHATE ORE BY A REVERSE FLOTATION PROCESS WHEREIN A NEGATIVE-ION REAGENT IS USED TO SEPARATE A ROUGHER CONCENTRATE RICH IN PHOSPHATE AND LEAN IN, SILICIOUS IMPURITIES, THE NEGATIVE-ION REAGENT DEACTIVATED AND A POSITIVEION REAGENT USED TO SEPARATE THE SILICIOUS IMPURITIES FROM THE PHOSPHATE, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES TREATING THE ROUGHER CONCENTRATE WITH A WATER-SOLUBLE FLUOSILICATE OT DEACTIVATE SAID NEGATIVE-ION REAGENT PRIOR TO SEPARATING THE SILICIOUS IMPURITIES WITH THE POSITIVE-ION REAGENTS.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

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