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Removal of arsenic from hydrogen fluoride

US4491570A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 3, 1984
Grant dateJan 1, 1985
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Expiry dateMay 3, 2004

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC01B7/195
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Arsenic impurities are removed from anhydrous hydrogen fluoride by treating the hydrogen fluoride with elemental chlorine and anhydrous hydrogen chloride or a fluoride salt or both and then separating the purified anhydrous hydrogen fluoride, preferably by distillation, from the nonvolatile arsenic compounds.

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