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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2001
Kenji Otsuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Shimada, Kanagawa, JP;
Minoru Osugi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kei Kawaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Japan Pionics Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The invention provides a method of recovering a copper component or a manganese component from a cleaning agent containing copper oxide, a cleaning agent containing basic copper carbonate, a cleaning agent containing copper hydroxide, or a cleaning agent containing copper oxide and manganese oxide, the cleaning agents having been used for removing, through contact with a harmful gas, a phosphine contained as a harmful component in the harmful gas. Also, the invention provides a method of recovering a copper component or a manganese component from a cleaning agent containing basic copper carbonate, a cleaning agent containing copper hydroxide, or a cleaning agent containing copper oxide and manganese oxide, the cleaning agents having been used for removing, through contact with a harmful gas, a phosphine contained as a harmful component in the harmful gas. According to the present invention, the copper component and/or the manganese component can be effectively recovered from the cleaning agents in a recyclable form.