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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 1976
Filed:
Apr. 11, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
David G Braithwaite, Brookhaven, MS (US);
William P Hettinger, Jr, Iselin, NJ (US);
Assignee:
NL Industries, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25C / ; C01F / ; C01F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
204 70 ; 423178 ; 423497 ; 423498 ;
Abstract
Magnesium metal is produced by electrolysis of a molten magnesium chloride electrolyte containing fluoride ions, the electrolyte being derived from holding pond brines which are partially deboronated, concentrated, gelled and spray dried in the presence of hydrochloric acid gas to form discrete particles of high density anhydrous magnesium chloride feed material for electrolytic cells.