Recovery of Li from alloys of Al- Li and Li- Al using engineered scavenger compounds
Abstract
A method of producing lithium of high purity from lithium aluminum alloys using an engineered scavenger compound, comprising: I) preparing an engineered scavenger compound by: a) mixing and heating compounds of TiO2 and Li2CO3 at a temperature sufficient to dry the compounds and convert Li.sub.2 CO.sub.3 to Li.sub.2 O; and b) mixing and heating the compounds at a temperature sufficient to produce a scavenger Li.sub.2 O.3TiO.sub.2 compound; II) loading the scavenger into one of two electrode baskets in a three electrode cell reactor and placing an Al-Li alloy in a second electrode basket of the three electrode cell reactor; III) heating the cell to a temperature sufficient to enable a mixture of KCl-LiCl contained in a crucible in the cell to reach its melting point and become a molten bath; IV) immersing the baskets in the bath until an electrical connection is made between the baskets to charge the scavenger compound with Li until there is an initial current and voltage followed by a fall off ending current and voltage; and V) making a connection between the basket electrode containing engineered scavenger compound and a steel rod electrode disposed between the basket electrodes and applying a current to cause Limore »
- Inventors:
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- Albany, OR
- Corvallis, OR
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 869366
- Patent Number(s):
- 5324394
- Assignee:
- United States of America as represented by Secretary of (Washington, DC)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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C - CHEMISTRY C25 - ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES C25C - PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC PRODUCTION, RECOVERY OR REFINING OF METALS
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- recovery; alloys; al-; li-; engineered; scavenger; compounds; method; producing; lithium; purity; aluminum; compound; comprising; preparing; mixing; heating; tio2; li2co3; temperature; sufficient; dry; convert; produce; 3tio; ii; loading; electrode; baskets; cell; reactor; placing; al-li; alloy; basket; iii; enable; mixture; kcl-licl; contained; crucible; reach; melting; molten; bath; immersing; electrical; connection; charge; initial; current; voltage; followed; fall; containing; steel; rod; disposed; electrodes; applying; leave; electrodeposited; scavenger compound; lithium aluminum; steel rod; temperature sufficient; aluminum alloy; electrical connection; electrode disposed; electrode containing; aluminum alloys; rod electrode; engineered scavenger; /205/
Citation Formats
Riley, W D, Jong, B W, Collins, W K, and Gerdemann, S J. Recovery of Li from alloys of Al- Li and Li- Al using engineered scavenger compounds. United States: N. p., 1994.
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Riley, W D, Jong, B W, Collins, W K, & Gerdemann, S J. Recovery of Li from alloys of Al- Li and Li- Al using engineered scavenger compounds. United States.
Riley, W D, Jong, B W, Collins, W K, and Gerdemann, S J. Sat .
"Recovery of Li from alloys of Al- Li and Li- Al using engineered scavenger compounds". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/869366.
@article{osti_869366,
title = {Recovery of Li from alloys of Al- Li and Li- Al using engineered scavenger compounds},
author = {Riley, W D and Jong, B W and Collins, W K and Gerdemann, S J},
abstractNote = {A method of producing lithium of high purity from lithium aluminum alloys using an engineered scavenger compound, comprising: I) preparing an engineered scavenger compound by: a) mixing and heating compounds of TiO2 and Li2CO3 at a temperature sufficient to dry the compounds and convert Li.sub.2 CO.sub.3 to Li.sub.2 O; and b) mixing and heating the compounds at a temperature sufficient to produce a scavenger Li.sub.2 O.3TiO.sub.2 compound; II) loading the scavenger into one of two electrode baskets in a three electrode cell reactor and placing an Al-Li alloy in a second electrode basket of the three electrode cell reactor; III) heating the cell to a temperature sufficient to enable a mixture of KCl-LiCl contained in a crucible in the cell to reach its melting point and become a molten bath; IV) immersing the baskets in the bath until an electrical connection is made between the baskets to charge the scavenger compound with Li until there is an initial current and voltage followed by a fall off ending current and voltage; and V) making a connection between the basket electrode containing engineered scavenger compound and a steel rod electrode disposed between the basket electrodes and applying a current to cause Li to leave the scavenger compound and become electrodeposited on the steel rod electrode.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1994},
month = {Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1994}
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