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Production of hydrogen fluoride

US4056604A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 20, 1973
Grant dateNov 1, 1977
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 20, 1993

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC01B7/194
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Hydrogen fluoride is recovered from hydrofluosilicic acid by-product of phosphoric acid manufacture. The hydrofluosilicic acid effluent is reacted with ammonia to form ammonium fluoride which is converted to a bifluoride by reaction with an excess of soluble metal fluoride. The bifluoride is readily recoverable and decomposable to yield hydrogen fluoride.

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