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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. 02, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 25, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
John T Malito, Oswego, IL (US);
Curtis M Layman, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Assignee:
Nalco Chemical Company, Naperville, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B02C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
241 16 ; 241 21 ;
Abstract
A method for reducing the relative viscosity of a phosphate rock slurry during a grinding process in a phosphoric acid production facility is described. The method includes the steps of adding an effective amount of a sulfonated acrylamide or acrylic acid polymer having a molecular weight of from 500 to 100,000 and being selected from the group consisting of sulfonated polymers of acrylic acid/acrylamide copolymers and the copolymerization products of acrylic acid, acrylamide and 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropyl sulfonic acid.