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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 1982
Filed:
Aug. 05, 1980
Claude Magnier, Paris, FR;
Jean Grosbois, L'Isle Adam, FR;
Groupement Franco-Senagalais d'Etudes et de Recherches Industrielles, Courbevoie, FR;
Abstract
A process for treating a rock essentially constituted by calcium aluminophosphate, comprising the treatment of the ground rock with a concentrated sulfuric acid in stoichiometric excess with respect to calcium and aluminum, at a temperature of above about 120.degree. C., for a time between a few minutes and about 5 hours, followed by controlled water take-up. Subsequently, a residue containing substantially all the calcium and the aluminum of the rock and a solution of the acids serving to digest a tricalciumphosphate charge are separated. The process is particularly suitable for the treatment of Thies phosphate ore.