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Recovery of mercury from acid waste residues

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1176608
Mercury can be recovered from nitric acid-containing fluids by reacting the fluid with aluminum metal to produce mercury metal, and then quenching the reactivity of the nitric acid prior to nitration of the mercury metal.
Research Organization:
Hanford Engineering Development Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC06-76FF02170
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
Patent Number(s):
H000715
Application Number:
07/019834
OSTI ID:
1176608
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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