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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:
Nov. 18, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 24, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jonathan Nel, Verwoerdburg, ZA;
Assignee:
Atomic Energy Corporation of South Africa Limited, Pelindaba, ZA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01G / ; C01B / ; C01B / ; C01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
423 82 ; 423489 ; 423608 ; 423472 ; 423341 ;
Abstract
A process for treating dissociated zircon comprises reacting dissociated zircon with gaseous hydrogen fluoride at an elevated reaction temperature. The reaction temperature is controlled to obtain at least one desired zirconium-based compound and at least one desired silicon-based compound.