Treatment of pyrophoric elemental phosphorus-containing material

Details Treatment of pyrophoric elemental phosphorus-containing material Treatment of pyrophoric elemental phosphorus-containing material

1986-08-08

1987-08-11

Heller, Gregory A.

Chemistry of inorganic compounds

Phosphorus or compound thereof

Elemental phosphorus

423309, 423317, 423323, C01B 2501, C01B 2502, C01B 2504

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046860940

ABSTRACT:
Pyrophoric elemental phosphorus-containing material, e.g., solid waste containing high levels of elemental phosphorus (P.sub.4), is treated by contact with an oxygen-containing gas, such as air, to reduce the amount of elemental phosphorus contained therein while it is otherwise protected from contact with oxygen in the air by being blanketed by a non-flammable fluid (e.g., while under an aqueous protective layer). This renders the material less pyrophoric and also enables the recovery of phosphorus values therefrom, e.g., in the form of a weak phosphoric acid solution. This treatment, for example, mobilizes highly pyrophoric solid waste into a more flowable sludge or mud form while rendering it substantially more non-pyrophoric.

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