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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:
Mar. 01, 1977
Filed:
May. 10, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
David Alan Harbourne, Kingston, CA;
Assignee:
Du Pont of Canada Limited, Montreal, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
423150 ;
Abstract
A process for the extraction of nickel values from a nickel oxide/silicate ore having a high magnesia/low iron oxide content, e.g. 15-50% magnesia and 0-20% iron oxide by contacting the ore with an aqueous polyalkylenehexamine solution in the presence of oxygen. The general formula for the polyalkylenehexamine is NH.sub.2 (CH.sub.2).sub.n NH(CH.sub.2).sub.m NH(CH.sub.2).sub.n NH(CH.sub.2).sub.m NH(CH.sub.2).sub.n NH.sub.2 where n and m are 2 or 3, n and m being the same or different. Preferably n is 2 and m is 3.