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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2023
Shine Technologies, Llc, Janesville, WI (US);
Greg Piefer, Janesville, WI (US);
Eric Van Abel, Janesville, WI (US);
Charles Shackett, Janesville, WI (US);
Thomas Drury, Janesville, WI (US);
Richard Sisson, Janesville, WI (US);
SHINE Technologies, LLC, Janesville, WI (US);
Abstract
A method for purifying lutetium that includes sublimating or distilling ytterbium from a solid composition comprising ytterbium and lutetium in an environment at a temperature in a range of from 400° C. to 2000° C. for a sublimation/distillation period to leave a lutetium composition comprising a higher weight percentage of lutetium than was present in the solid composition, wherein the environment comprises water vapor, and the water vapor is present in the environment at a partial pressure of 1.5 torr or less during the sublimation/distillation period.
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