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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2003
Applicants:
Hiroshi Kobayashi, Niihama, JP;
Yoshitomo Ozaki, Niihama, JP;
Masaki Imamura, Niihama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 17/20 (2006.01); C01G 9/08 (2006.01); C22B 3/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of sulfidation removal of zinc using hydrogen sulfide is provided, desirably at a temperature at 60° C. or lower, wherein in a container that is pressurized at 0.1 MPa or less with respect to atmospheric pressure, by making the pH of the solution 1.5 to 4.0, and the concentration of hydrogen sulfide in gas 2 volume % or greater in equilibrium with the hydrogen sulfide dissolved in the solution, the zinc in solution is removed by sulfidation to 1 mg/liter or less.