Bath Ph Below 5 Patents (Class 205/596)
  • Patent number: 7597738
    Abstract: A process for the production of ferro-nickel or nickel matte from a product liquor solution containing at least nickel, cobalt, iron and acid soluble impurities, said process including the steps of: (a) contacting the product liquor solution (7) containing the nickel, cobalt, iron and acid soluble impurities with an ion exchange resin (8), wherein the resin selectively absorbs nickel and iron from the solution leaving the cobalt and the acid soluble impurities in the raffinate (9); (b) stripping the nickel and iron from the resin with a sulfuric acid solution to produce an eluate (11) containing nickel and iron; (c) neutralising the eluate to precipitate a mixed nickel iron hydroxide product (13); and (d) reducing and smelting the mixed nickel iron hydroxide product to produce ferro-nickel (29) or nickel matte (24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: BHP Billiton SSM Technology Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Houyuan Liu, Alexey Duarte, Wolf Meihack, Ivan P. Ratchev
  • Publication number: 20090004498
    Abstract: Upon performing electrolysis with a solution containing nickel as the electrolytic solution, anolyte is adjusted to pH 2 to 5; impurities such as iron, cobalt and copper contained in the anolyte are eliminated by combining any one or two or more of the methods among adding an oxidizing agent and precipitating and eliminating the impurities as hydroxide, eliminating the impurities through preliminary electrolysis, or adding Ni foil and eliminating the impurities through displacement reaction; impurities are thereafter further eliminated with a filter; and the impurity-free solution is employed as catholyte to perform the electrolysis. The present invention relates to a simple method of performing electrolytic refining employing a solution containing nickel from nickel raw material containing a substantial amount of impurities, and provides technology on efficiently manufacturing high purity nickel having a purity of 5N (99.999 wt %) or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: NIPPON MINING & METALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Shindo, Kouichi Takemoto
  • Patent number: 7435325
    Abstract: Upon performing electrolysis with a solution containing nickel as the electrolytic solution, anolyte is adjusted to pH 2 to 5; impurities such as iron, cobalt and copper contained in the anolyte are eliminated by combining any one or two or more of the methods among adding an oxidizing agent and precipitating and eliminating the impurities as hydroxide, eliminating the impurities through preliminary electrolysis, or adding Ni foil and eliminating the impurities through displacement reaction; impurities are thereafter further eliminated with a filter; and the impurity-free solution is employed as catholyte to perform the electrolysis. The present invention relates to a simple method of performing electrolytic refining employing a solution containing nickel from nickel raw material containing a substantial amount of impurities, and provides technology on efficiently manufacturing high purity nickel having a purity of 5N (99.999 wt %) or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yuichiro Shindo, Kouichi Takemoto
  • Patent number: 7267757
    Abstract: At least one of lower and upper magnetic cores is composed of magnetic films each of which contains two or more elements of Co, Ni, and Fe, which are formed by electroplating in a plating bath with pH 2 or less, and which have a saturation magnetic flux density of 23,000 gauss or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Japan, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazue Kudo, Gen Oikawa, Tetsuya Okai, Ichiro Oodake, Hiromi Shiina
  • Publication number: 20040069652
    Abstract: Upon performing electrolysis with a solution containing nickel as the electrolytic solution, anolyte is adjusted to pH 2 to 5; impurities such as iron, cobalt and copper contained in the anolyte are eliminated by combining any one or two or more of the methods among adding an oxidizing agent and precipitating and eliminating the impurities as hydroxide, eliminating the impurities through preliminary electrolysis, or adding Ni foil and eliminating the impurities through displacement reaction; impurities are thereafter further eliminated with a filter; and the impurity-free solution is employed as catholyte to perform the electrolysis. The present invention relates to a simple method of performing electrolytic refining employing a solution containing nickel from nickel raw material containing a substantial amount of impurities, and provides technology on efficiently manufacturing high purity nickel having a purity of 5N (99.999 wt %) or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventors: Yuichiro Shindo, Kouichi Takemoto