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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. 25, 2000
Filed:
May. 21, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Paul R Graves, Jr, Phenix City, AL (US);
Assignee:
GNB Technologies, Inc., Mendota Heights, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
75695 ; 65 19 ; 423146 ; 423199 ; 423202 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for treating rotary slag containing iron and sodium compounds. The method involves treating the slag in a sulfuric acid solution to convert the iron and sodium within the slag to iron sulfate and sodium sulfate. The iron sulfate (along with substantially all of the heavy metal contaminants) forms a precipitate, while the sodium sulfate remains in solution. The precipitate can then be separated from the solution.