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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2015
Applicant:
The Chemours Company Fc Llc, Wilmington, DE (US);
Inventor:
Robert Harvey Moffett, Ladenberg, PA (US);
Assignee:
THE CHEMOURS COMPANY FC, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D 7/00 (2006.01); C09D 1/00 (2006.01); C04B 28/24 (2006.01); C10G 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09D 1/00 (2013.01); C04B 28/24 (2013.01); C10G 1/045 (2013.01); C10G 1/047 (2013.01); C10G 2300/4006 (2013.01); C10G 2300/44 (2013.01); Y02W 30/91 (2015.05); Y02W 30/93 (2015.05);
Abstract
A process for the treating a mature fine tailings stream is provided. Treatment comprises contacting an alkali metal silicate or polysilicate microgel and an activator with mature fine tailings, entrapping the sand and clay fines within a polysilicate microgel, spreading the silica microgel over a surface, and allowing the silica microgel to dry, and producing a trafficable surface.