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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2015
The Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education on Behalf of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Reactive Innovations, Llc, Westford, MA (US);
David W. Hatchett, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Kenneth R. Czerwinski, Seattle, WA (US);
Janelle Droessler, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Karen D. Jayne, Littleton, MA (US);
Michael C. Kimble, Westford, MA (US);
Kyle G. Boutin, Westford, MA (US);
THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS, Las Vegas, NV (US);
REACTIVE INNOVATIONS, LLC, Westford, MA (US);
Abstract
A process for recovering a rare earth element. The process includes adding water and a nonaqueous acid to an ionic liquid, and dissolving an oxide of a first rare earth element directly into the ionic liquid to form an ionic solution comprising at least about 0.1 weight percent water, the acid and an ion of the first rare earth element. The process further includes applying a potential to the ionic solution to deposit the first rare earth element onto an electrode as a metal.