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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:
Oct. 20, 1998
Filed:
May. 29, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
John H Wagenknecht, Cedar Hill, MO (US);
Gary V Johnson, St. Charles, MO (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C11D / ; C11D / ; B01F / ; C23G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
510254 ; 510190 ; 510245 ; 510264 ; 510402 ; 510407 ; 252364 ; 134-2 ; 134-3 ; 134 41 ; 134 2219 ;
Abstract
A liquid composition useful for selective dissolution of soft metal is disclosed. The composition comprises an organic nitrocompound and a carboxylic acid. The organic nitrocompound, upon exposure to the soft metal, oxidizes the soft metal to form a first soft metal salt. The carboxylic acid, upon exposure to the soft metal salt, react with the first soft metal salt to form a second soft metal salt that is soluble in the composition. Related methods are also disclosed.