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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2010
Lorenza Moro, San Carlos, CA (US);
Jordi Perez Mariano, Menlo Park, CA (US);
John Vaughn, Pacifica, CA (US);
Angel Sanjurjo, San Jose, CA (US);
Lorenza Moro, San Carlos, CA (US);
Jordi Perez Mariano, Menlo Park, CA (US);
John Vaughn, Pacifica, CA (US);
Angel Sanjurjo, San Jose, CA (US);
SRI International, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, the present disclosure relates generally to a method for recovering an element from a mixture of the element with an ionic halide. In one embodiment, the method includes treating the mixture of the element and the ionic halide with an acidic solution to dissolve the ionic halide, wherein the acidic solution comprises water and an acid and has a pH of less than 1.0 and removing the element from an aqueous solution that results after the treating step.