Article: Patent No. 7,604,784 Issued on Oct. 20, Assigned to Metals Recovery Technology for Specific Transition Metal Extraction Process (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 29 -- Joseph L. Thomas, Yorba Linda, Calif., has developed a process for the extraction of a specific transition metal. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. 7,604,784 on Oct. 20.

The patent has been assigned to Metals Recovery Technology Inc., Anaheim, Calif.

According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process is disclosed for separation and recovery of vanadium, molybdenum, iron, tungsten, cobalt and nickel from alumina-based materials, mattes, ores, manufacturing by-products and waste. These elements are oxidized. The oxides are reacted with gaseous HCl to form volatile chloride-bearing compounds that subsequently sublimate. ...

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