Recovery of mercury from acid waste residues
Abstract
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:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (USA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 6789410
- Patent Number(s):
- -US-A6019834
- Assignee:
- TIC; ERA-14-000131; EDB-88-182629
- 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
Citation Formats
Greenhalgh, W.O. Recovery of mercury from acid waste residues. United States: N. p., 1987.
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Greenhalgh, W.O. Recovery of mercury from acid waste residues. United States.
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"Recovery of mercury from acid waste residues". United States.
@article{osti_6789410,
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.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {1987},
month = {2}
}
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