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Process for reclaimation of high purity selenium, tellurtum, and arsenic from scrap alloys
Assignee: Xerox Corp
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Filing: 1982-08-02
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Granted: 1983-10-25
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Expires: 2002-08-02
Abstract
Abstract This invention is generally directed to an improved process for reclaiming metallic elements in high purity from a source material containing these elements, which comprises providing a source material, converting the source material to mixture of oxides, reacting the oxides with an alcohol resulting in the formation of esters, and metallic oxides, subjecting the esters, subsequent to purification, to a reduction reaction, subsequently converting the metallic oxides to esters by reaction with a diol, and subjecting, subsequent to purification, the resulting esters to a reduction reaction.
Inventors
- 👤 Santokh S. Badesha
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
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CPC Classifications
C; C01; C01B; C01B19/00; C01B19/02; C22; C22B; C22B3/00; C22B3/20; C22B3/26; C22B3/262; C01P; C01P2004/00; C01P2004/60; C01P2004/61; C01P2004/80; C01P2004/82; C01P2004/84; C01P2004/86; C01P2006/00; C01P2006/80; Y; Y02; Y02P; Y02P10/00; Y02P10/20; Y02P20/00; Y02P20/50; Y02P20/582
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
122 words
A process for obtaining selenium, tellurium and arsenic in high purity, which comprises providing a source material containing selenium, tellurium and arsenic, treating the source material with a strong acid, reacting the resulting product with an alcohol wherein a solution of a selenium ester is formed, and a precipitate of the oxides of the tellurium and arsenic results, subjecting the selenium ester solution subsequent to distillation to a reduction reaction, resulting in the formation of substantially pure selenium, reacting the tellurium and arsenic oxides percipitate with a diol, resulting in the formation of a precipitate of a tellurium ester, and a solution of an arsenic ester, followed by subjecting, subsequent to purification the tellurium ester and the arsenic ester to reduction reactions.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
122 words
A process for obtaining selenium, tellurium and arsenic in high purity, which comprises providing a source material containing selenium, tellurium and arsenic, treating the source material with a strong acid, reacting the resulting product with an alcohol wherein a solution of a selenium ester is formed, and a precipitate of the oxides of the tellurium and arsenic results, subjecting the selenium ester solution subsequent to distillation to a reduction reaction, resulting in the formation of substantially pure selenium, reacting the tellurium and arsenic oxides percipitate with a diol, resulting in the formation of a precipitate of a tellurium ester, and a solution of an arsenic ester, followed by subjecting, subsequent to purification the tellurium ester and the arsenic ester to reduction reactions.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
A process in accordance with claim 2 wherein the source material is a scrap alloy containing selenium, tellurium, arsenic and chlorine, and the strong acid is nitric acid.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
A process in accordance with claim 2 wherein the chlorine is removed subsequent to reaction with the acid.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
29 words
A process in accordance with claim 1 wherein there results subsequent to the reaction of the scrap alloy and acid a mixture of oxides of selenium, tellurium, and arsenic.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
A process in accordance with claim 1 wherein the alcohol is of the formula ROH, wherein R is an alkyl group containing from about 1 to about 30 carbon atoms.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
A process in accordance with claim 5 wherein R is from 1 to about 6 carbon atoms.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
14 words
A process in accordance with claim 6 wherein R is methyl, ethyl or propyl.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
12 words
A process in accordance with claim 7 wherein the alcohol is methanol.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
12 words
A process in accordance with claim 7 wherein the alcohol is ethanol.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
59 words
A process in accordance with claim 1 wherein the diol is of the formula HO(CR 1 R 2 ) 2 OH, wherein R 1 and R 2 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and alkyl groups containing from about 1 to about 6 carbon atoms, and n is a number of from 1 to about 10.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
13 words
A process in accordance with claim 10 wherein the diol is ethylene glycol.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
32 words
A process in accordance with claim 1 wherein the selenium ester is of the formula (RO) 2 SeO, wherein R is an alkyl group containing from 1 to about 30 carbon atoms.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
21 words
A process in accordance with claim 12 wherein R is an alkyl group containing from 1 to about 6 carbon atoms.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
19 words
A process in accordance with claim 1 wherein the arsenic ester is of the formula (OCH.sub.2).sub.2 As--O--CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --O--As(OCH.sub.2).sub.2.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
19 words
A process in accordance with claim 1 wherein the tellurium ester is of the formula (OCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.2 Te.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
24 words
A process in accordance with claim 1 wherein the tellurium ester is of the formula ##STR2## wherein Z is an aliphatic or aromatic moiety.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
18 words
A process in accordance with claim 1 wherein the reducing agent is selected from hydrazine and sulphur dioxide.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
24 words
A process in accordance with claim 1 wherein the acid is added in an amount of from about 800 milliliters to about 1,500 milliliters.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
26 words
A process in accordance with claim 1 wherein the diol is added in a sufficient amount so as to cause the formation of a clear solution.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
24 words
A process in accordance with claim 19 wherein the diol is added in an amount of from about 600 milliliters to about 700 milliliters.
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