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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:
Apr. 29, 1980
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, Leverkusen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
423471 ; 423143 ; 423339 ; 423465 ;
Abstract
In the purification of an ammonium fluoride solution containing silicic acid by adding iron (III) ions and precipitating the iron (III) ions at a pH above 8.5 and a concentration of free ammonia in the solution of more than about 1% by weight, the silicic acid being carried with the iron (III) ion precipitate, the improvement which comprises adding the iron (III) ions to the ammonium fluoride solution at a temperature below about 30.degree. C. and, before removal of the precipitate, to the solution a salt of at least one of the alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, zinc, aluminum and lead in such quantity that the solution becomes saturated with such salt.