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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 1976
Filed:
Aug. 12, 1974
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tadeusz K Wiewiorowski, New Orleans, LA (US);
Michael O Nutt, New Orleans, LA (US);
Assignee:
Freeport Minerals Company, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01F / ; C01B / ; C01G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
423489 ; 423 87 ; 423126 ; 423305 ;
Abstract
Aqueous AlF.sub.3 enriched crystallization mother liquors contaminated with P.sub.2 O.sub.5 values and having less than 5% free acidity are treated with a material which provides bismuth ions in the mother liquor in amounts small enough to insure that the Bi/PO.sub.4 mole ratio remains below about 1.05. Under these conditions, the bismuth and P.sub.2 O.sub.5 react essentially quantitatively to form a BiPO.sub.4 precipitate by which the P.sub.2 O.sub.5 can be separated from the mother liquor. Bismuth can be regenerated from the BiPO.sub.4 and recycled for further use in the process.