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 then quenching the reactivity of the nitric acid prior to nitration of the mercury metal.
- Inventors:
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- Richland, WA
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 875243
- Patent Number(s):
- H000715
- Application Number:
- 07/019834
- Assignee:
- United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76FF02170
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 1987 Feb 27
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- statutory invention registration; recovery; mercury; acid; waste; residues; recovered; nitric; acid-containing; fluids; reacting; fluid; aluminum; metal; produce; quenching; reactivity; prior; nitration; acid waste; nitric acid; aluminum metal; containing fluid; containing fluids; /75/210/423/
Citation Formats
Greenhalgh, Wilbur O. Recovery of mercury from acid waste residues. United States: N. p., 1989.
Web.
Greenhalgh, Wilbur O. Recovery of mercury from acid waste residues. United States.
Greenhalgh, Wilbur O. Sun .
"Recovery of mercury from acid waste residues". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/875243.
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title = {Recovery of mercury from acid waste residues},
author = {Greenhalgh, Wilbur O.},
abstractNote = {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.},
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place = {United States},
year = {1989},
month = {1}
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