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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:
Jan. 30, 1979
Filed:
Oct. 18, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul H Cardwell, Zanoni, VA (US);
William S Kane, Wicomico, VA (US);
Assignee:
Deepsea Ventures, Inc., Gloucester, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01G / ; C01G / ; C01G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
423 24 ; 423 32 ; 423 50 ; 423139 ; 423150 ; 423D / ; 423143 ;
Abstract
This invention provides a two-stage leaching procedure for manganese nodules for obtaining directly in one leaching stage the metal values other than manganese in one ammoniacal aqueous solution. The manganese nodules are reduced and then leached initially utilizing a solution of an ammonium salt, e.g., ammonium sulfate, to selectively leach out the manganese value, followed by a second stage leaching with an ammoniacal solution, to leach out the nickel, cobalt and copper values. The nickel, cobalt and copper values can then be individually separated from the second leach solution by liquid ion exchange extraction.