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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2012
Applicant:
The George Washington University, Washington, DC (US);
Inventors:
Stuart Licht, Leesburg, VA (US);
Baohui Wang, Daqing, CN;
Assignee:
The George Washington University, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25C 3/34 (2006.01); C25C 1/06 (2006.01); C21C 5/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C25C 1/06 (2013.01); C21C 5/56 (2013.01); C25C 3/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of producing iron by: solubilizing iron oxide as a lithiated iron oxide in a molten carbonate having lithium carbonate; and subjecting the lithiated iron oxide to electrolysis to obtain iron and oxygen. The molten alkali metal carbonate salt may further include lithium oxide. Additionally the lithium carbonate may be simultaneously subjected to electrolysis to produce steel instead of iron.