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Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2006

Filed:

May. 06, 2003
Applicants:

Feng Zou, Oakville, CA;

Mohammad Jahangir Hossain, Mississauga, CA;

Juraj Babjak, Mississauga, CA;

Quan Min Yang, Mississauga, CA;

Samuel Walton Marcuson, Mississauga, CA;

Inventors:

Feng Zou, Oakville, CA;

Mohammad Jahangir Hossain, Mississauga, CA;

Juraj Babjak, Mississauga, CA;

Quan Min Yang, Mississauga, CA;

Samuel Walton Marcuson, Mississauga, CA;

Assignee:

Inco Limited, Toronto, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01D 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A low temperature contaminant limiting process for lithiating hydroxides and forming lithiated metal oxides of suitable crystalinity in-situ. M(OH)is added to an aqueous solution of LiOH. An oxidant is introduced into the solution which is heated below about 150° C. and, if necessary, agitated. M may be selected from cobalt, nickel and manganese. The resultant LiMObecomes crystallized in-situ and is subsequently removed.


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