Recovery of mercury from acid waste residues

Patent · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:875243

Greenhalgh, Wilbur O. ^[1]

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1. Richland, WA

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.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76FF02170
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): H000715
• Application Number: 07/019834
• OSTI ID: 875243
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: 1987 Feb 27
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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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
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