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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 13, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ed Venkat, Woodbridge, NJ (US);
Ralph J. Magliette, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Donald McKinney, Howell, NJ (US);
Alan S. Michaels, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Assignee:
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 1/42 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 1/42 ;
Abstract
The recovery of iodide from chemical process wastewater is accomplished by loading the wastewater containing iodide onto a strongly basic anion-exchange resin in free-base form; eluting the sorbed iodide from the resin with aqueous strong acid (e.g., hydrochloric acid); loading the iodide-rich cuts onto a weakly basic anion-exchange resin in free-base form; and eluting the sorbed iodide with aqueous base (e.g., sodium hydroxide). The recovered iodide typically has sufficient purity to permit its re-use in the chemical process.