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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 1997
Filed:
May. 20, 1996
Robert L Bedard, McHenry, IL (US);
Lisa M King, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
John D Sherman, Inverness, IL (US);
UOP, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Abstract
This invention relates to a process for removing contaminant metal ions from a liquid stream. The process involves contacting the liquid stream with a crystalline molecular sieve having the pharmacosiderite structure and having germanium and M metals as framework elements. Optionally, titanium and silicon can also be framework elements. The M metals can be any metal which has octahedral coordination and has a valence of +2, +3, +4 or +5. Illustrative of these M metals are niobium, tin, antimony, aluminum, gallium and tantalum. These molecular sieves are particularly effective in removing cesium and strontium ions from aqueous streams.