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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:
May. 29, 1990
Filed:
Jun. 08, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Teresita C Frianeza-Kullberg, Gastonia, NC (US);
Darrish W Barnette, Gastonia, NC (US);
Assignee:
Lithium Corporation of America, Gastonia, NC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J / ; B01J / ; B01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
502402 ; 502407 ; 502415 ; 423617 ;
Abstract
A method for removing 99% of the sodium ions from a natural or industrial brine containing dissolved salts of metals of Group 1A of the periodic chart and in which brine sodium ions are not the predominant metal ions by contacting the brine at pH 11 to 12 with an ion exchanger selected from crystalline antimonic acid and polyantimonic acid, and removing from contact with the ion exchanger the brine with greater than 99% of the sodium ions removed.