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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2010
Willem P. C. Duyvesteyn, Reno, NV (US);
Willem P. C. Duyvesteyn, Reno, NV (US);
EMC Metals Corporation, Vancouver, British Columbia, CA;
Abstract
A method is provided for recovering boric acid from a solution containing boric acid and at least one lithium compound. The method comprises (a) passing the solution through an ion exchange resin such that boric acid accumulates on the resin; (b) removing the boric acid from the resin with an aqueous alcohol solution, thus obtaining a first solution comprising an alcohol, boric acid, and water; (c) converting at least a portion of the boric acid to trimethyl borate, thereby obtaining a second solution; (d) distilling an azeotrope from the second solution, wherein the azeotrope contains trimethyl borate; and (e) recovering boric acid from the azeotrope.