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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
Applicant:
The University of Houston System, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Allan J. Jacobson, Houston, TX (US);
Pradeep Samarasekere, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22B 59/00 (2006.01); C22B 7/00 (2006.01); C22B 3/00 (2006.01); C01G 56/00 (2006.01); C01G 1/02 (2006.01); B09B 3/00 (2006.01); B09B 5/00 (2006.01); C22B 3/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C22B 59/00 (2013.01); B09B 3/0016 (2013.01); B09B 3/0083 (2013.01); B09B 5/00 (2013.01); C01G 1/02 (2013.01); C01G 56/00 (2013.01); C22B 3/0024 (2013.01); C22B 7/006 (2013.01); Y02P 10/234 (2015.11);
Abstract
Methods and systems for recovering or extracting rare earth elements under mild conditions include subjecting a material including rare earth element to a rare earth element crystallization medium under solvothermal conditions sufficient to form rare earth element crystals capable of gravity separation and purification.