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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 1986
Filed:
Aug. 22, 1985
Alan D Douglas, Towanda, PA (US);
Kenneth T Reilly, Towanda, PA (US);
GTE Products Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A process is disclosed for recovering tungsten and rhenium from a tungsten and rhenium bearing solution. The process involves adding sufficient hydrochloric acid to the solution to form a first precipitate containing essentially all of the tungsten and a first mother liquor having an acid concentration of at least about 1.25 normal, and containing the major portion the rhenium, followed by separating the first precipitate from the first mother liquor. A source of sulfide ions is then added to the first mother liquor with agitation for a sufficient time and with the amount of sulfide ions being sufficient to form a second precipitate containing essentially all of the rhenium which was in the first mother liquor, and a second mother liquor, followed by separation of the second precipitate from the second mother liquor.