Process for the elimination of mercury and possibly arsenic from hydrocarbons
US5384040A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 22, 1993 |
| Grant date | Jan 24, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 22, 2013 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC10G53/08
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process for the elimination of mercury and possibly of arsenic from hydrocarbons wherein compounds containing mercury are transformed into elemental mercury, the charge is fractioned, and then the fractions rich in mercury are purified through contact with a mercury collecting mass.
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