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US 12,351,456 B2Granted
Method to make phosphoric acid and ammonium phosphates from phosphate minerals
AssigneeWisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
InventorPhillip Warren Barak
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Abstract
A method of producing ammonium phosphates from at least one mineral containing phosphate and an element which is calcium, magnesium, iron, or aluminum. The method includes contacting the at least one mineral (or a combination of them) with a cation exchanger for a time and at a temperature sufficient to yield phosphoric acid from the mineral.
Claims10
A method of producing ammonium phosphates comprising:
- contacting at least one mineral with a cation exchanger for a time and at a temperature sufficient to yield an ammonium phosphate from the mineral, wherein the mineral comprises phosphate and at least one element selected from the group consisting of calcium, magnesium, iron, and aluminum, and wherein the mineral requires from 30 to 1000 mass parts of water of pH 7.0 to one mass part of the mineral to dissolve the mineral and has increased solubility in acidic water having a pH range from about 2.0 to less than 7.0, and wherein the mineral is brushite.
A method of producing ammonium phosphates comprising:
- (a) isolating from a water stream at least one mineral, wherein the mineral comprises phosphate and at least one element selected from the group consisting of calcium, magnesium, iron, and aluminum, and wherein the mineral requires from 30 to 1000 mass parts of water of pH 7.0 to one mass part of the mineral to dissolve the mineral and has increased solubility in acidic water having a pH range from about 2.0 to less than 7.0, and wherein the mineral is brushite;
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- (b) contacting the at least one mineral with a cation exchanger for a time and at a temperature sufficient to yield an ammonium phosphate from the mineral.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.