There is provided a process for a process for recovering one or more metals from black mass. The process includes separating lithium from the black mass such that a lithium-depleted black mass is obtained, and converting at least a portion of the lithium-depleted black mass, via a reactive process, to at least a non-lithium elemental metal. Also, a process for recovering one or more metals from black mass, comprising: contacting the black mass with a soluble lithium material formation reagent with effect that a conditioned black mass material is produced, wherein the conditioned black mass material includes a lithium-comprising ionic compound material that is defined by at least one lithium-comprising ionic compound; contacting a lixiviant-ready black mass material, deriving from the conditioned black mass material, with a lixiviant, with effect that a lixiviant-conditioned mixture is produced; and separating a separation-ready mixture, deriving from the lixiviant-conditioned mixture, into at least a lithium-rich liquid material and a lithium-depleted residual solid material.
There is provided a process for a process for recovering one or more metals from black mass. The process includes separating lithium from the black mass such that a lithium-depleted black mass is obtained, and converting at least a portion of the lithium-depleted black mass, via a reactive process, to at least a non-lithium elemental metal.
This is provided a process for recovering metallic element including iron from a metallic iron-comprising derivative. The process comprises the steps of: (1) activating the metallic iron-comprising derivative comprising sponge iron with a gaseous processing agent comprising hydrogen sulphide and a carbonylating agent comprising carbon monoxide, (2) carbonylating the metallic iron-comprising derivative that has been activated to obtain a carbonyl, and (3) decomposing the carbonyl to obtain the metallic element.
In one aspect, there is provided a process for converting gaseous carbon dioxide, comprising: emplacing a reaction zone material, including gaseous carbon dioxide, gaseous carbon monoxide, and an operative reagent, within a reaction zone, such that gaseous carbon dioxide, gaseous carbon monoxide, and an operative reagent are disposed within the reaction zone, with effect that a reactive process is effected, such that a product material is produced; wherein: the ratio of total number of moles of gaseous carbon dioxide, disposed within the reaction zone material, to total number of moles of gaseous carbon monoxide, disposed within the reaction zone material, is at least 1:4; the operative reagent is at least one of metallic iron, metallic nickel, and metallic magnesium; and the product material includes solid carbon-comprising material.
F01N 3/10 - Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for rendering innocuous by thermal or catalytic conversion of noxious components of exhaust
There is provided a method of treating solid material, wherein the solid material includes target metallic material and one or more other metallic elements, wherein the target metallic material consists of at least one of tantalum and niobium, the method comprising contacting the solid material with a gaseous reagent material within a reaction zone, wherein the gaseous reagent material includes carbon tetrachloride.
There is provided a process for treating a silicate material. The process includes contacting operative metal material-comprising silicate material with a reagent mixture so as to effect production of a pre-carbonylation operative metal material-comprising material, wherein the operative metal material-comprising silicate material includes operative metal material to thereby define a silicate material-based operative metal material fraction, and wherein the pre-carbonylation operative metal material-comprising material includes a pre- carbonylation material-based operative metal material fraction that includes at least a fraction of the silicate material-based operative metal material. At least a fraction of the pre-carbonylation material-based operative metal material is then carbonylated. The operative metal material is defined by at least one operative metallic element, the operative metallic elements being defined by nickel, iron, and cobalt. The reagent mixture includes at least one halide-ion donating agent and at least one reducing agent.
There is provided a process for treating a feed material composition including a solid particulate precious metal material-rich feed material composition fraction and a solid particulate rare earth metal material-rich feed material composition fraction, wherein the solid particulate precious metal material-rich feed material composition fraction includes one or more precious metals, and wherein the solid particulate rare earth metal material-rich feed material composition fraction includes one or more rare earth metals. The process includes contacting the solid particulate feed material composition with a reducing agent within a reducing agent contacting zone to effect production of a reaction intermediate solid particulate material composition. The reaction intermediate solid particulate material composition is contacted with carbon monoxide within a carbonylation zone so as to effect production of a solid particulate post-carbonylation material composition.
An improved method of reducing a mixed metal oxide composition comprising oxides of nickel, cobalt, copper and iron in a hydrogen atmosphere to produce a mixture of the respective metals, the improvement wherein the atmosphere further comprises water vapor at a concentration, temperature and time to effect selective reduction of the oxides of nickel cobalt and copper relative to the iron oxide to produce the metallic mixture having a reduced ratio of metallic iron relative to metallic nickel, cobalt and copper.
B22F 9/22 - Making metallic powder or suspensions thereofApparatus or devices specially adapted therefor using chemical processes with reduction of metal compounds starting from solid metal compounds using gaseous reductors
B22F 9/30 - Making metallic powder or suspensions thereofApparatus or devices specially adapted therefor using chemical processes with decomposition of metal compounds, e.g. by pyrolysis
A process for the production of a purified PGM selected from the group consisting of platinum and rhodium from an impure PGM source, the process comprising (a) obtaining an anhydrous PGM halide from the impure PGM source; (b) treating the PGM halide with carbon monoxide at an effective temperature; pressure and time to form the PGM carbonyl halide; and (c) (i) wherein the PGM is platinum, heating the platinum carbonyl halide at an effective platinum decomposition temperature to produce the purified platinum; (ii) wherein the PGM is rhodium, heating the rhodium halide at an effective rhodium decomposition temperature to produce the purified rhodium; and (iii) wherein the platinum carbonyl carbonyl halide and the rhodium carbonyl halide are in a gaseous mixture, effecting step (i) at a temperature lower than the rhodium effective decomposition temperature prior to effecting step (ii). The process is of particular value in the recovery and recycle of PGM materials from vehicle exhaust catalytic converters.
There is provided a process of treating a metalliferrous material including at least one metal material fraction. Each one of the at least one metal material fraction includes a respective metal, wherein the respective metal is a transition metal. Each one of the at least one metal material fraction also includes a respective first operative material fraction and a respective second operative material fraction. The respective first operative material fraction consists of an elemental form of the respective metal, and the respective second operative material fraction consists of at least one oxide of the respective metal. The method includes providing reagent material including at least one diatomic halogen and at least one aluminium halide. The reagent material is contacted with the metalliferrous material in a reaction zone so as to effect a reactive process which effects production of an intermediate reaction product including at least one produced metal halide. Each one of the at least one produced metal halide includes a respective metal corresponding to the respective metal of a respective one of the at least one metal material fraction. A separation fraction is separated from the intermediate reaction product. The separation fraction includes at least one recovered metal halide.
06 - Common metals and ores; objects made of metal
07 - Machines and machine tools
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
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42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
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(1) Nickel shells made by chemical vapour deposition processes.
(2) Equipment used in metal extraction and chemical vapour deposition, namely, chambers, reactors, decomposers, metal refining and deposition booths; molds made by chemical vapour deposition processes.
(3) Analyzers and sensors for detection and analyses of carbonylyzed transition group of metals, specially nickel and cobalt carbonyls. (1) Provision of training for the recovery and separation of metals, such as nickel, cobalt, the platinum group of metals and rare earth metals, from ores, concentrates, slurries, and wastes.
(2) Design of processes and equipment for the recovery and separation of metals, such as nickel, cobalt, the platinum group of metals and rare earth metals, from ores, concentrates, slurries, and wastes; custom design equipment for the manufacture of ultra-pure metal powders, foams, pellets, net shapes and coatings; custom design processes and equipment for decontamination of radioactive concentrated metals; and research and development in the design and manufacture of equipment used in metallurgy and vapour metallurgy, namely, metal extraction and chemical vapour deposition, namely, chambers, reactors, decomposers, control systems, metal refining and deposition booths.
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
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(1) Design of processes and equipment for the recovery and separation of metals, such as nickel, cobalt, the platinum group of metals and rare earth metals, from ores, concentrates, slurries, and wastes; research and development in the design and manufacture of equipment used in metallurgy and vapour metallurgy, namely, metal extraction and chemical vapour deposition, namely, chambers, reactors, decomposers, control systems, metal refining and deposition booths.
