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Removal of fluorine during production of fertilizer

US4175944A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 26, 1978
Grant dateNov 27, 1979
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Expiry dateJun 26, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S71/03
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention provides a novel process for the removal of fluorine during the production of fertilizer by precipitating the ion during the ammoniation step and recovering same by pyrolysis. To recover the fluorine the fertilizer is first separated out as a filtrate and the precipitate is heated to evolve ammonium fluoride, which heating is done in an ammonia atmosphere.

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