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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2012
Brett T. Waterman, Tucson, AZ (US);
Steve Nels Dixon, Safford, AZ (US);
Theresa Linne Morelli, Safford, AZ (US);
George Owusu, Thornton, CO (US);
Stefka Todorova Ormsby, Tucson, AZ (US);
Brett T. Waterman, Tucson, AZ (US);
Steve Nels Dixon, Safford, AZ (US);
Theresa Linne Morelli, Safford, AZ (US);
George Owusu, Thornton, CO (US);
Stefka Todorova Ormsby, Tucson, AZ (US);
Freeport-McMoran Corporation, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments provide new methods of rhenium recovery. The methods can include subjecting a metal-bearing solution to an activated carbon bed, and adsorbing rhenium onto the activated carbon. The methods can also include heating a basic aqueous elution solution and eluting the rhenium from the activated carbon with the heated elution solution.