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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:
Aug. 28, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
William C. Bauman, Midland, MI (US);
John L. Burba, III, Newtown, PA (US);
Assignee:
FMC Corporation, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01D 1/500 ; B01J 2/000 ; C09K 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C01D 1/500 ; B01J 2/000 ; C09K 3/00 ;
Abstract
The present invention is a composition comprising pellets, each of said pellets consisting essentially of an integral mass of polycrystalline material of randomly disposed crystals of hydrated alumina infused with an amount of LiX to produce LiX/Al(OH),having up to a mol fraction of 0.33 of LiX in the so-produced LiX/Al(OH),, wherein LiX is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of Li hydroxide, Li halide, Li nitrate, Li sulfate, and Li bicarbonate. The present invention further includes methods of preparing the composition and methods of recovery lithium values from brine using the composition.