Recovery of mercury from acid waste residues

Title: Recovery of mercury from acid waste residues

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Mercury can be recovered from nitric acid-containing fluids by reacting the fluid with aluminum metal to produce mercury metal, and thence quenching the reactivity of the nitric acid prior to nitration of the mercury metal. 1 fig.

Inventors:: Greenhalgh, W O

Issue Date:: 1987-02-27

Research Org.:: Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 6789410

Patent Number(s):: 6019834

Assignee:: TIC; ERA-14-000131; EDB-88-182629

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: C - CHEMISTRY C09 - DYES C09D - COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES OR LACQUERS

C - CHEMISTRY C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients

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C - CHEMISTRY C09 - DYES C09D - COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES OR LACQUERS
C09D7/69 - {Particle size larger than 1000 nm}

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C08K3/013 - Fillers, pigments or reinforcing additives
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C - CHEMISTRY C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY C01P - INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO STRUCTURAL AND PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF SOLID INORGANIC COMPOUNDS
C01P2004/41 - octahedron-like

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C09C3/10 - Treatment with macromolecular organic compounds {

B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B82 - NANOTECHNOLOGY B82Y - SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES
B82Y30/00 - Nanotechnology for materials or surface science, e.g. nanocomposites

C - CHEMISTRY C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY C01P - INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO STRUCTURAL AND PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF SOLID INORGANIC COMPOUNDS
C01P2004/61 - Micrometer sized, i.e. from 1-100 micrometer

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C01P2004/86 - Thin layer coatings, i.e. the coating thickness being less than 0.1 time the particle radius
C01P2004/10 - extending in one dimension, e.g. needle-like
C01P2004/62 - Submicrometer sized, i.e. from 0.1-1 micrometer
C01P2006/80 - Compositional purity

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C09D7/62 - modified by treatment with other compounds

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C01P2006/12 - Surface area

C - CHEMISTRY C09 - DYES C09C - TREATMENT OF INORGANIC MATERIALS, OTHER THAN FIBROUS FILLERS, TO ENHANCE THEIR PIGMENTING OR FILLING PROPERTIES
C09C3/08 - Treatment with low-molecular-weight {non-polymer} organic compounds {

C - CHEMISTRY C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY C01P - INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO STRUCTURAL AND PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF SOLID INORGANIC COMPOUNDS
C01P2004/64 - Nanometer sized, i.e. from 1-100 nanometer
C01P2004/03 - obtained by SEM
C01P2004/32 - Spheres

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DOE Contract Number:: AC06-76FF02170

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; ALUMINIUM; DISSOLUTION; FUEL ELEMENTS; MERCURY; RECOVERY; CATALYSTS; INVENTIONS; NITRIC ACID; QUENCHING; REACTOR VESSELS; CONTAINERS; ELEMENTS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; INORGANIC ACIDS; METALS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; 050800* - Nuclear Fuels- Spent Fuels Reprocessing

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  title        = {Recovery of mercury from acid waste residues},

  author       = {Greenhalgh, W O},

  abstractNote = {Mercury can be recovered from nitric acid-containing fluids by reacting the fluid with aluminum metal to produce mercury metal, and thence quenching the reactivity of the nitric acid prior to nitration of the mercury metal. 1 fig.},

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