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Title: Extraction process for removing metallic impurities from alkalide metals

Abstract

A development is described for removing metallic impurities from alkali metals by employing an extraction process wherein the metallic impurities are extracted from a molten alkali metal into molten lithium metal due to the immiscibility of the alkali metals in lithium and the miscibility of the metallic contaminants or impurities in the lithium. The purified alkali metal may be readily separated from the contaminant-containing lithium metal by simple decanting due to the differences in densities and melting temperatures of the alkali metals as compared to lithium.

Inventors:
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
6743192
Patent Number(s):
6028267
Assignee:
TIC; ERA-14-001184; EDB-88-185225
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01R - ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS
H - ELECTRICITY H02 - GENERATION H02G - INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-84OR21400
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; ALKALI METALS; PURIFICATION; LITHIUM; SOLVENT PROPERTIES; DECANTATION; IMPURITIES; INVENTIONS; LAYERS; LIQUID METALS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SOLIDIFICATION; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; ELEMENTS; EXTRACTION; FLUIDS; LIQUIDS; METALS; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; SEPARATION PROCESSES; 400105* - Separation Procedures

Citation Formats

Royer, L T. Extraction process for removing metallic impurities from alkalide metals. United States: N. p., 1987. Web.
Royer, L T. Extraction process for removing metallic impurities from alkalide metals. United States.
Royer, L T. Fri . "Extraction process for removing metallic impurities from alkalide metals". United States.
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abstractNote = {A development is described for removing metallic impurities from alkali metals by employing an extraction process wherein the metallic impurities are extracted from a molten alkali metal into molten lithium metal due to the immiscibility of the alkali metals in lithium and the miscibility of the metallic contaminants or impurities in the lithium. The purified alkali metal may be readily separated from the contaminant-containing lithium metal by simple decanting due to the differences in densities and melting temperatures of the alkali metals as compared to lithium.},
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place = {United States},
year = {1987},
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