Process for recovering elemental phosphorus and a metal concentrate from ferrophos

Title: Process for recovering elemental phosphorus and a metal concentrate from ferrophos

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Ferrophos is treated in a plasma furnace by maintaining an electric arc between a cathode and at least one point on the surface of the ferrophos which serves as the anode in the presence of an inert plasma gas, maintaining the average temperature of the ferrophos at about 2,000.degree. C. to about 2,700.degree. C., evolving gaseous phosphorus from the ferrophos until it contains less than about 7% by weight phosphorus, removing a purified phosphorus gas as one product and a metal concentrate having a reduced phosphorus content as a coproduct.

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Munday, Theodore F. ^[1]; Mohr, Richard A. ^[2]

(Kendall Park, NJ)
(Martinsville, NJ)

Issue Date:: 1989-02-21

OSTI Identifier:: 866852

Patent Number(s):: 4806325

Application Number:: 07/219,963

Assignee:: FMC Corporation (Philadelphia, PA) OSTI

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: process; recovering; elemental; phosphorus; metal; concentrate; ferrophos; treated; plasma; furnace; maintaining; electric; cathode; surface; serves; anode; presence; inert; gas; average; temperature; 000; degree; 700; evolving; gaseous; contains; weight; removing; purified; product; reduced; content; coproduct; plasma gas; plasma furnace; recovering elemental; metal concentrate; elemental phosphorus; /423/

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