Invention Publication
- Patent Title: SEPARATION OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS
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Application No.: US17995118Application Date: 2021-04-01
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Publication No.: US20230227942A1Publication Date: 2023-07-20
- Inventor: Richard Sisson , Eric Van Abel , Thomas Drury , Charles Shackett , Greg Piefer
- Applicant: SHINE Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US WI Janesville
- Assignee: SHINE Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: SHINE Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WI Janesville
- International Application: PCT/US2021/025439 2021.04.01
- Date entered country: 2022-09-30
- Main IPC: C22B59/00
- IPC: C22B59/00 ; C22B9/02 ; C22B9/04 ; C22B3/42 ; C22B3/24 ; C22B3/28 ; C22B3/36
Abstract:
A method for purifying lutetium includes providing a solid composition comprising ytterbium and lutetium and subliming or distilling ytterbium from the solid composition at a temperature of about 1196° C. to about 3000° C. to leave a lutetium composition comprising a higher weight percentage of lutetium than was present in the solid composition.
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