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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:
Jul. 28, 1992
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Glenn A Eisman, Midland, MI (US);
Assignee:
The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08J / ; C25C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2041 / ; 204109 ; 204111 ; 423 22 ; 210638 ; 210670 ; 521 26 ; 521 27 ;
Abstract
A method for rejuvenating a membrane or diaphragm from an electrochemical cell which comprises the steps of treating the membrane or disphragm with an inorganic acid at an elevated temperature so as to dissolve metallic particles and then optionally treating the membrane or diaphragm with a basic solution. Metals dissolved in the acid solution can be recovered by conventional methods.