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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 1992
Filed:
Jun. 12, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gernot Koehler, Worms, DE;
Roger Klimesch, Alsbach-Haehnlein, DE;
Assignee:
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01G / ; C01G / ; C01G / ; C22B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
423 23 ; 423 99 ;
Abstract
A method of removing or of accumulating heavy metal ions from an aqueous solution by contacting the latter with an ethylene copolymer, in which a copolymer of ethylene with (meth)acrylic acid and a (meth)acrylate is used, in which the carboxyl groups may be neutralized by metal ions to an extent of 100% or less.