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US 12,570,554 B2Granted
Method of removing a uranium source from a water
AssigneeOASE GmbH
InventorThorsten Muck
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of removing a uranium source from a water, a kit for removing a uranium source from a water, and a use of a powder comprising (i) an alkaline earth carbonate, (ii) an alkaline earth compound chosen from a chloride and/or a nitrate compound, (iii) at least one alkali metal hydrogen carbonate, and optionally (iv) an alkali metal carbonate in a method of removing a uranium source from a water.
Claims20
A method of removing a uranium source from a water, comprising
- a) providing a water comprising a uranium source;
- b) optionally regulating the pH of the water comprising the uranium source to be in a range between and including 4.5 and <7.0;
- c) adding an iron (III) salt to the water comprising the uranium source;
- d) adding a powder to the water, wherein the powder comprises
- (i) an alkaline earth carbonate,
- (iii) at least one alkali metal hydrogen carbonate, and
- optionally (ii) an alkaline earth compound chosen from a chloride and/or a nitrate compound, and
- optionally (iv) an alkali metal carbonate,
- and forming a precipitate comprising the uranium source;
- and
- e) removing the precipitate comprising the uranium source.
8 more elements
A kit for removing a uranium source from a water, comprising, in separate containers:
- an iron (III) salt;
- and
- a powder comprising (i) an alkaline earth carbonate, (iii) at least one alkali metal hydrogen carbonate, optionally (ii) an alkaline earth compound chosen from a chloride and/or a nitrate compound, and optionally (iv) an alkali metal carbonate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.