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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2011
Yutaka Kinose, Tokyo, JP;
Toru Hata, Tokyo, JP;
Mari Aikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Nippon Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a method for preparing high-purity elemental phosphorus capable of simultaneously reducing both arsenic and antimony from crude white phosphorus containing a great amount of arsenic and antimony as impurities. Provided is a method for preparing high-purity elemental phosphorus, the method including bringing liquid crude white phosphorus into contact with an iodic acid-containing compound selected from iodic acid and iodates in an aqueous solvent in the presence of a chelating agent, wherein the chelating agent is selected from polyvalent carboxylic acids, polyvalent carboxylates, phosphonic acid and phosphonates.