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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. 26, 1991
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
David H Meikrantz, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Gary L Bourne, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
John N McFee, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Bradley G Burdge, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
John W McConnell, Jr, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
134 2216 ; 134 221 ; 134 2219 ; 252626 ;
Abstract
The invention is a process for the recovery of hazardous wastes such as heavy metals and radioactive elements from phenolic resin filter by a circulating a solution of 8 to 16 molar nitric acid at a temperature of 110 to 190 degrees F. through the filter. The hot solution dissolves the filter material and releases the hazardous material so that it can be recovered or treated for long term storage in an environmentally safe manner.