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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:
Apr. 29, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 22, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas D McEwan, Victoria, CA;
William E Pfaffenberger, Victoria, CA;
Assignee:
Environchip Technologies, Inc., Victoria, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01G / ; C01G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
423558 ; 423146 ; 4231501 ; 4231503 ;
Abstract
Ferric sulfate is produced by treating ferric ammonium sulfate, ammonium jarosite or a similar iron complex with nitric acid. The ferric ammonium sulfate or ammonium jarosite can be formed by treating a sulfuric acid leaching solution, e.g., a solution used to leach zinc or copper ore concentrate, with a solution of ammonium nitrate. Thereafter, upon addition of dilute nitric acid at a temperature of about 60.degree. C., ferric sulfate forms and is recovered.