Process for the manufacture of magnesium products
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1. IN A PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF MAGNESIUM PRODUCTS BY PRECIPITATION OF MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE FROM SEA WATER, THE STEPS OF REACTING THE SEA WATER WITH A LIME CONTAINING PRECIPITANT TOGETHER WITH AGITATION TO PREVENT SUBSTANTIAL SETTLING OF RESULTING MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE, CAUSING THE RESULTING MATERIAL OF FLOW CONTINUOUSLY INTO THE UPPER PORTION OF A TREATMENT CHAMBER, RAPIDLY IMPELLING THE MATERIAL AS IT IS INTRODUCED INTO THE CHAMBER TO CAUSE THE MATERIAL IN THE UPPER PORTION OF THE CHAMBER TO ROTATE WITH TURBULENCE AND BREAKING UP OF MASSES CONTAINING UNREACTED LIME, SAID LAST STEP BEING IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY FLOW OF THE MATERIAL INTO THE MAIN PORTION OF THE CHAMBER WITH SWIRLING MOVEMENT TO EFFECT CENTRIFUGAL SEPARATION OF SOLID PHASE IMPURITIES, CONTINUALLY REMOVING SEPARATED SOLID PHASE IMPURITIES FROM SAID CHAMBER, CONTINUOUSLY REMOVING THE REMAINING MATERIAL FROM THE CHAMBER, AND THEN SUBJECTING SAID LAST NAMED MATERIAL TO GRAVITY SETTLEMENT FOR REMOVAL OF A MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE SLURRY THEREFROM.
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1. IN A PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF MAGNESIUM PRODUCTS BY PRECIPITATION OF MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE FROM SEA WATER, THE STEPS OF REACTING THE SEA WATER WITH A LIME CONTAINING PRECIPITANT TOGETHER WITH AGITATION TO PREVENT SUBSTANTIAL SETTLING OF RESULTING MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE, CAUSING THE RESULTING MATERIAL OF FLOW CONTINUOUSLY INTO THE UPPER PORTION OF A TREATMENT CHAMBER, RAPIDLY IMPELLING THE MATERIAL AS IT IS INTRODUCED INTO THE CHAMBER TO CAUSE THE MATERIAL IN THE UPPER PORTION OF THE CHAMBER TO ROTATE WITH TURBULENCE AND BREAKING UP OF MASSES CONTAINING UNREACTED LIME, SAID LAST STEP BEING IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY FLOW OF THE MATERIAL INTO THE MAIN PORTION OF THE CHAMBER WITH SWIRLING MOVEMENT TO EFFECT CENTRIFUGAL SEPARATION OF SOLID PHASE IMPURITIES, CONTINUALLY REMOVING SEPARATED SOLID PHASE IMPURITIES FROM SAID CHAMBER, CONTINUOUSLY REMOVING THE REMAINING MATERIAL FROM THE CHAMBER, AND THEN SUBJECTING SAID LAST NAMED MATERIAL TO GRAVITY SETTLEMENT FOR REMOVAL OF A MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE SLURRY THEREFROM.
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Current AssigneeNeil R. Collins, Robert E. Clarke
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Original AssigneeNeil R. Collins, Robert E. Clarke
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InventorsClarke, Robert E., Collins, Neil R.
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Application NumberUS03/222,476Time in Patent Office1,415 DaysField of SearchUS Class Current423/160CPC Class CodesC01F 5/22 from magnesium compounds wi...
