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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:
Feb. 02, 1982
Filed:
Jan. 19, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Amax Inc., Greenwich, CT (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
423 58 ; 423 61 ; 423593 ; 423 53 ;
Abstract
A calcium tungstate concentrate is produced by slurrying an aqueous sodium tungstate liquor with calcium carbonate at about 130.degree. C. to about 200.degree. C. while providing sufficient carbon dioxide overpressure to convert sodium carbonate in the slurry to sodium bicarbonate, wherein the conversion of sodium tungstate to solid calcium tungstate in the slurry is promoted. The carbon dioxide is then stripped from the slurry, causing the sodium bicarbonate to convert to sodium carbonate, and a calcium tungstate concentrate is filtered from the slurry. The invention is useful in upgrading impure calcium tungstate concentrates.