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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 1989
Filed:
Sep. 02, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hani A Abodishish, Ogden, UT (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
423608 ; 423 70 ; 423D / ; 210688 ;
Abstract
In the production of a highly pure hafnium oxide by calcination of a highly pure hafnium hydroxide, the production of a highly pure hafnium hydroxide from a hafnium-loaded, methyl isobutyl ketone solvent that is substantially free of zirconium and sulfate ions by adding ammonia to such solvent to produce a three-layered reaction product having MIBK solvent on top, ammonium thiocyanate solution in the middle, and a highly pure hafnium hydroxcide sludge at the bottom which is separately removed, freed of water, and calcined.