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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 1976
Filed:
Feb. 10, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eugene J Moreau, Lincoln, RI (US);
Richard S Opalanko, Billerica, MA (US);
Norman Schapiro, Sudbury, MA (US);
Robert E Lueders, Needham, MA (US);
Assignee:
Kennecott Copper Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
75-3 ; 7510 / ; 7510 / ; 75121 ;
Abstract
Sodium ions are added to manganese nodules to convert the montmorillonite clay naturally occurring in the nodule material into a bonding agent for pelletization into spherical agglomerates. The addition of coking coal to provide bonding stength after reduction, during which the clay bond is destroyed, is also disclosed.