Metal compound removal
AssigneeBASF Catalysts LLC
InventorsJim Aloysius Maria Brandts, Pieter Hildegardus Berben
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for separating at least one metal compound and/or a component thereof from a mixture, said process comprising contacting the said mixture with a heteropoly acid or heteropoly acid anion, thereby producing a precipitate comprising the heteropoly acid or heteropoly acid anion and the metal compound and/or a component thereof. The present invention further relates to a process for the purification of a mixture containing at least one metal compound, said process comprising contacting the said mixture with a heteropoly acid or heteropoly acid anion, thereby producing a precipitate that is substantially insoluble in the said reaction mixture and recovering the reaction mixture.
Claims16
A process for separating at least one metal compound and/or a component thereof from a mixture, the process comprising:
- contacting the mixture with a heteropoly acid or heteropoly acid anion thereby producing a precipitate comprising the heteropoly acid or heteropoly acid anion and the metal compound and/or the component thereof;
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- separating the precipitate from the mixture,
- wherein the metal compound is at least one selected from the group consisting of Rh, Ru, Ir, Pd and Pt.
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