PROCESS FOR SEPARATING DISTURBING ELEMENTS FROM ELECTROLITE SOLUTIONS OF VALUABLE METALS

Prior art processes for removal of one or more contaminant elements, including at least one of antimony, bismuth, and arsenic and optionally including iron, from electrolyte solutions of primary metals by solvent extraction with an organic phase including a hydroxamic acid, then precipitating at lea...

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Hauptverfasser:	SUDDERTH R B, KORDOSKY G A, KEEL R, SCHWAB W
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CHEMISTRY COMPOUNDS CONTAINING METALS NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSESC01D OR C01F FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS INORGANIC CHEMISTRY METALLURGY PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
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Zusammenfassung:	Prior art processes for removal of one or more contaminant elements, including at least one of antimony, bismuth, and arsenic and optionally including iron, from electrolyte solutions of primary metals by solvent extraction with an organic phase including a hydroxamic acid, then precipitating at least part of the contaminant elements from the organic phase as sulfides, are improved by an additional step of re-extracting the organic phase with water before precipitating the sulfides from it. At least part of any arsenic present and, if desired, part of any antimony as well, may be re-extracted in this manner and subsequently recovered if desired, so that the overall process is made more economical.