Liquid purification or separation – Processes – Ion exchange or selective sorption
Patent
1997-08-22
2000-06-20
Cintins, Ivars
Liquid purification or separation
Processes
Ion exchange or selective sorption
210670, 210688, 210912, C02F 128, C02F 164
Patent
active
060774398
ABSTRACT:
The surprising ability of the polysilicate microgels commonly known as "activated silica" to adsorb and to release heavy metals selectively as a function of pH is used in a novel method for separating metals from dilute aqueous solution by means of selective precipitation with and recovery from an activated silica absorbent, selected changes to the pH. The process is particularly intended for the economic purification of contaminated waste streams to recover valuable but toxic heavy metals from such effluents at a lower cost than hitherto possible, using an activated silica substrate which may be regenerated by alkali treatment.
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patent: 3963640 (1976-06-01), Smith
patent: 4396585 (1983-08-01), Rosene
Distin Philip Andrew
El-Ammouri Elias Gebran
Hagens Rodger Graham
Lempka Barbara Mary-Ann
Cintins Ivars
McGill University
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