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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 26, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Sigmund P Fugleberg, Pori, FI;
Assignee:
Outokumpu Oy, Helsinki, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
423 37 ; 423 43 ; 423 48 ; 423140 ; 423146 ;
Abstract
According to the method of the invention, at least one or several of the metals nickel, cobalt and copper can be selectively precipitated as sulphide by aid of elemental sulphur from aqueous solutions containing other metals such as zinc. The temperature of the reaction is above the melting point of sulphur. The precipitation is carried out with a pH value below 2. The metals to be precipitated can be present in the solution either as oxides or sulphates. If the metals are sulphates, the sulphide of at least one of the metals is prepared to crystal seeds in the solution before precipitation.