H. C. Starch Gmbh

Ruediger Zertani

Armin Olbrich

Juliane Meese-Marktscheffel

Josef Schmoll

Sven Albrecht

Stefan Malcus

Matthias Jahn

Michael Kruft

Gerd Maikowske

A process for preparing a pure ammonium perrhenate includes producing a first aqueous suspension containing an ammonium perrhenate. A stoichiometric amount of a nitric acid is added to the first aqueous suspension so as to produce a second suspension. The second suspension is introduced into a cathode space of an electrolysis cell. The electrolysis cell is divided by a cation-exchange membrane into the cathode space and an anode space. The nitric acid is cathodically reduced to a nitrous acid in the cathode space by applying an electric potential. The nitrous acid is reacted with ammonium ions of the ammonium perrhenate so as to form an aqueous perrhenic acid. Potassium ions are removed from the aqueous perrhenic acid. At least a stoichiometric amount of ammonia is added to the aqueous perrhenic acid so as to produce the pure ammonium perrhenate.

Process for producing pure ammonium perrhenate

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