Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Process for the production of a PGM-enriched alloy
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Application No.: US15197102Application Date: 2016-06-29
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Publication No.: US10202669B2Publication Date: 2019-02-12
- Inventor: Norbert Ritschel , Jimmy Taylor , Todd England , Brian Peters , Felix Stoffner , Christoph Röhlich , Steffen Voss , Holger Winkler
- Applicant: Heraeus Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG , Heraeus Precious Metals North America LLC
- Applicant Address: DE Hanau US CA Santa Fe Springs
- Assignee: Heraeus Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG,Heraeus Precious Metals North America LLC
- Current Assignee: Heraeus Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG,Heraeus Precious Metals North America LLC
- Current Assignee Address: DE Hanau US CA Santa Fe Springs
- Agency: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP
- Main IPC: C22B23/06
- IPC: C22B23/06 ; C22B9/00 ; C22B11/02

Abstract:
A process for production of a PGM (platinum group metal)-enriched alloy containing iron and PGM(s) (platinum, palladium and/or rhodium) includes steps of: (1) providing a sulfur-free PGM collector alloy, (2) providing a copper- and sulfur-free material capable of forming a molten slag-type composition including silicon dioxide and magnesium and/or calcium oxide, (3) melting the PGM collector alloy and slag-forming material within a converter until a multi-phase system of a lower high-density molten mass of PGM collector alloy and an upper low-density molten mass of slag-type composition has formed, (4) contacting an oxidizing gas with the lower high-density molten mass of step (3) until conversion of the PGM collector alloy into a PGM-enriched alloy, (5) separating an upper molten slag formed in step (4) from the PGM-enriched alloy by difference in density, (6) allowing the separated molten masses to cool down and solidify, and (7) collecting the solidified PGM-enriched alloy.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170002441A1 PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A PGM-ENRICHED ALLOY Public/Granted day:2017-01-05
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