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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2016
Battelle Energy Alliance, Llc, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
University of Idaho, Moscow, ID (US);
Robert Vincent Fox, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Bruce J. Mincher, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Mary Ellen Case, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Donna Ly Baek, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Chien M. Wai, Moscow, ID (US);
Clive Yen, Moscow, ID (US);
Horng-Bin Pan, Moscow, ID (US);
Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Abstract
A method of recovering rare earth elements from a rare earth-containing material comprises contacting the rare earth-containing material with a solution formulated and configured to dissolve rare earth elements from the rare earth-containing material and form a solution including a plurality of rare earth elements dissolved therein. The method further includes exposing the solution including the plurality of rare earth elements dissolved therein to one of a liquefied gas or a supercritical fluid to isolate the rare earth elements from each other. Related methods of removing and purifying rare earth elements from materials and phosphor lamps are also disclosed.