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Process for recovering acid from waste acid liquors

Assignee: NL Industries Inc
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Filing: 1955-04-11
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Granted: 1958-12-16
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Expires: 1975-04-11
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Iii Roger Walwark

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 21:48
CPC Classifications
C; C01; C01B; C01B17/00; C01B17/69; C01B17/90; C01B17/901

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 110 words
A PROCESS FOR TREATING WASTE SULFURIC ACID LIQUOR CONTAINING SOLUBILIZED TRIVALENT ALUM-FORMING CATIONS AND DISSOLVED IRON AND MAGNESIUM IMPURITIES TO OBTAIN A RESIDUAL ACID SOLUTION AMENABLE TO CONCENTRATION WHICH COMPRISES: INTRODUCING INTO SAID LIQUOR A MONOVALENT ALUM-FORMING CONSTITUENT IN AT LEAST AN AMOUNT TO REACT STOICHIOMETRICALLY WITH SAID ALUM-FORMING CATIONS; COOLING THE TREATED LIQUOR TO A TEMPERATURE BELOW ABOUT -10*C., HOLDING SAID LIQUOR AT SAID TEMPERATURE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME SUFFICIENT TO CRYSTALLIZE OUT AN ALUM COMPOUND AND SAID IRON AND MAGNESIUM IMPURITIES AS A FILTERABLE CRYSTALLINE MASS; AND SEPARATING THE FILTERABLE CRYSTALLINE MASS FROM THE LIQUOR TO OBTAIN A RESIDUAL ACID SOLUTION EFFECTIVELY FREE OF SAID METALLIC IMPURITIES.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 110 words
A PROCESS FOR TREATING WASTE SULFURIC ACID LIQUOR CONTAINING SOLUBILIZED TRIVALENT ALUM-FORMING CATIONS AND DISSOLVED IRON AND MAGNESIUM IMPURITIES TO OBTAIN A RESIDUAL ACID SOLUTION AMENABLE TO CONCENTRATION WHICH COMPRISES: INTRODUCING INTO SAID LIQUOR A MONOVALENT ALUM-FORMING CONSTITUENT IN AT LEAST AN AMOUNT TO REACT STOICHIOMETRICALLY WITH SAID ALUM-FORMING CATIONS; COOLING THE TREATED LIQUOR TO A TEMPERATURE BELOW ABOUT -10*C., HOLDING SAID LIQUOR AT SAID TEMPERATURE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME SUFFICIENT TO CRYSTALLIZE OUT AN ALUM COMPOUND AND SAID IRON AND MAGNESIUM IMPURITIES AS A FILTERABLE CRYSTALLINE MASS; AND SEPARATING THE FILTERABLE CRYSTALLINE MASS FROM THE LIQUOR TO OBTAIN A RESIDUAL ACID SOLUTION EFFECTIVELY FREE OF SAID METALLIC IMPURITIES.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1961-12-15 1962-06-16 1962-12-16 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1965-12-15 1966-06-16 1966-12-16 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1969-12-15 1970-06-16 1970-12-16 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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