| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 423089000 | Group IVA metal (Ge, Sn, or Pb) | 15 |
| 20100316544 | Method for Collection of Valuable Metal from ITO Scrap - Proposed is a method for collecting valuable metal from an ITO scrap including the steps of subjecting the ITO scrap to electrolysis in pH-adjusted electrolyte, and collecting indium or tin as oxides. Additionally proposed is a method for collecting valuable metal from an ITO scrap including the steps of subjecting the ITO scrap to electrolysis in an electrolytic bath partitioned with a diaphragm or an ion-exchange membrane to precipitate hydroxide of tin, thereafter extracting anolyte temporarily, and precipitating and collecting indium contained in the anolyte as hydroxide. With the methods for collecting valuable metal from an ITO scrap described above, indium or tin may be collected as oxides by roasting the precipitate containing indium or tin. Consequently, provided is a method for efficiently collecting indium from an ITO scrap of an indium-tin oxide (ITO) sputtering target or an ITO scrap such as ITO mill ends arisen during the manufacture of such ITO sputtering target. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20140023574 | Recovery of high purity lead oxide from lead acid battery paste - The invention relates to the low temperature recovery of lead oxide (PbO) from lead acid battery paste through the preparation of lead carboxylate from the battery paste and the conversion of the lead carboxylate to PbO. | 01-23-2014 |
| 423092000 | Forming insoluble substance in liquid | 10 |
| 20100034715 | RECOVERY OF LEAD IN FORM OF HIGH PURITY LEAD CARBONATES FROM SPENT LEAD BATTERIES INCL. ELECTRODE PASTE - Wet process of low environmental impact recovers the lead content of an electrode slime and/or of lead minerals in the valuable form of high purity-lead carbonates that are convertible to highly pure lead oxide by heat treatment in oven at relatively low temperature, perfectly suited for making active electrode pastes of new batteries or other uses. The process basically comprises the following steps: a) adding sulphuric acid to a different acid leach suspension of the starting impure material for converting all dissolved lead compounds to insoluble lead sulphate; b) separating the solid phase constituted by lead sulphate and undissolved impurities from the acid leach solution; c) selectively dissolving lead sulphate contained in said separated solid phase in an aqueous solution of a lead solubilizing compound comprising preferably sodium acetate; d) separating the solution containing dissolved lead sulphate from the solid phase residue including undissolved impurities; e) adding to the separated solution of lead sulphate a carbonate of the same cation of said dissolving compound for forming insoluble lead carbonate and/or and lead oxycarbonate and a dissolved sulphate of the same cation; f) separating the precipitated carbonate and/or oxycarbonate of lead from the dissolving solution now containing also sulphate of the cation of said solubilizing compound. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100143219 | PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF NANO LEAD OXIDES - Provided is a process for producing fine particles of pure lead oxide from a waste lead oxide paste obtained from exhausted lead-acid batteries. The lead oxide particles so produced are substantially spherical and have a weight average particle size from about 13 nm to about 100 nm, which, are of nano-particle dimensions. The process according to the present invention is capable to produce pure lead oxide of PbO2 and lead oxide of Pb3O4 or commonly known as red lead. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20120251417 | Method for Recovering Metal, and Reagent and Kit for Recovery of Metal for Use in the Same - A method for recovering a metal, capable of recovering a metal easily without requiring the use of an organic medium, is provided. A complex between a chelating agent and a metal present in a sample is formed in a mixture prepared by mixing the chelating agent and the sample under pH conditions where the chelating agent can be insoluble in an aqueous medium. Then, the complex is recovered from the mixture, and further, the metal is recovered by dissolving the recovered complex in an aqueous medium under pH conditions that are different from the pH conditions where the chelating agent can be insoluble in an aqueous medium. By this method, a metal can be recovered easily without requiring the use of the use of an organic medium. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20140154157 | Process of Treating End-of-Life Cathode Ray Tubes for Lead and Soluble Silicates Recovery - There is described a process of recycling screen glass resulting from the disposal of cathode tube televisions, with quantitative recovery of lead in the form of sulphide and of silicates of cations other than lead, and subsequently recycling all the materials so recovered. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140322108 | TREATMENT OF SULPHIDIC MATERIALS - A process for treating a mixed sulphidic material containing lead sulphide and at least one other metal sulphide. The process includes the steps of subjecting the mixed sulphidic material to selective oxidation such that lead sulphide in the material is oxidised to form an oxidised lead compound while substantial oxidation of the at least one other metal sulphide is avoided, and separating the oxidized lead compound from the at least one other metal sulphide. The oxidized lead compound may be separated by flotation wherein the oxidized lead compound reports to the tailings and the at least one other metal sulphide reports to the concentrate (froth). | 10-30-2014 |
| 20150368748 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLOSED-LOOP RECYCLING OF A LIQUID COMPONENT OF A LEACHING MIXTURE WHEN RECYCLING LEAD FROM SPENT LEAD-ACID BATTERIES - The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for recycling lead-acid batteries, and more specifically, relates to purifying and recycling the lead content from lead-acid batteries. A system includes a reactor that receives and mixes a lead-bearing material waste, a carboxylate source, and a recycled liquid component to form a leaching mixture yielding a lead salt precipitate. The system also includes a phase separation device coupled to the reactor, wherein the phase separation device isolates the lead salt precipitate from a liquid component of the leaching mixture. The system further includes a closed-loop liquid recycling system coupled to the phase separation device and to the reactor, wherein the closed-loop liquid recycling system receives the liquid component isolated by the phase separation device and recycles a substantial portion of the received liquid component back to the reactor as the recycled liquid component. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150368749 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ISOLATING A PARTICULATE PRODUCT WHEN RECYCLING LEAD FROM SPENT LEAD-ACID BATTERIES - The present disclosure relates to systems and methods by which lead from spent lead-acid batteries may be extracted, purified, and used in the construction of new lead-acid batteries. A method includes forming a first mixture in a first vessel, wherein the first mixture includes a lead-bearing material and a carboxylate source, which react to precipitate lead salt particles. The method includes separating a portion of the first mixture from a remainder of the first mixture, wherein the portion includes lead salt particles having specific densities below a specific density threshold value and/or having particle sizes below a particle size threshold value. The method includes forming a second mixture in a second vessel, wherein the second mixture includes the lead salt particles from the separated portion of the first mixture. The method further includes separating the lead salt particles of the second mixture from a liquid component of the second mixture. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160160315 | METHOD FOR RECYCLING LEAD OXIDE-CONTAINING WASTE MATERIAL - Provided is a method for recycling a lead oxide-containing waste material, comprising: (1) contacting the lead oxide-containing waste material with a desulphurizer under desulphurization reaction conditions, and performing a solid-liquid separation on the mixture after contacting to obtain a filtrate and a filtration residue; (2) performing a conversion reaction on the above-mentioned filtration residue at a temperature of 350-750° C. so as to convert the lead-containing components in the filtration residue into lead oxide; (3) contacting the product obtained from step (2) with an alkaline solution so as to dissolve the PbO therein, and then performing a solid-liquid separation to obtain a PbO-alkaline solution; and (4) crystallizing the PbO-alkaline solution from step (3) to obtain PbO crystals and an alkaline filtrate. The method can reduce the energy consumption. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160160316 | METHOD FOR DIRECTLY RECOVERING LEAD OXIDE USED FOR A LEAD-ACID BATTERY CATHODE FROM WASTE LEAD PASTE - Provided is a method for directly recovering lead oxide used for a lead-acid battery negative electrode from waste lead paste. The method comprises: (1) contacting waste lead paste with a barium-containing desulphurizer under desulphurization reaction conditions, and performing a solid-liquid separation on the mixture after contacting to obtain a filtrate and a filtration residue; and (2) performing a conversion reaction on the above-mentioned filtration residue at a temperature of 350-750° C. so as to convert the lead-containing components in the filtration residue into lead oxide. In the method, the direct recovery of a lead oxide raw material applicable to a lead-acid battery negative electrode from waste lead paste is achieved by quantitatively replenishing a barium sulphate additive in the process of desulphuration thereby substantially decreasing the recovery cost and energy consumption, and improving the comprehensive utilization of waste lead paste. | 06-09-2016 |
| 423095000 | Nitrating or sulfating | 1 |
| 20130129585 | METHOD FOR RECYCLING LEAD FROM WASTE GLASS CONTAINING LEAD - Disclosed is a method for recycling lead from waste glass containing lead, which comprises the following steps: mechanical crushing waste glass containing lead, ball milling and screening to obtain glass powder containing lead; alkaline roasting the glass powder containing lead to obtain a roasted material; mixing polycarboxylic acid complexant and nitric acid to produce leaching agent, and then placing the roasted material into the leaching agent to obtain leachate; regulating pH value of the leachate to solidify metal ion to obtain precipitate, separating and removing impurities, rinsing and drying to obtain chemical product containing lead. The method avoids environment pollution caused by waste glass containing lead. | 05-23-2013 |
| 423097000 | Volatizing lead | 1 |
| 20110081283 | PYROMETALLURGICAL PROCESS FOR TREATING MOLYBDENITE CONTAINING LEAD SULFIDE - A method of removing lead sulfide contained in refined molybdenite powder concentrates (major component; MoS | 04-07-2011 |
| 423098000 | Leaching, washing, or dissolving | 2 |
| 20140212347 | RECOVERY OF LEAD AND INDIUM FROM GLASS, PRIMARILY FROM ELECTRONIC WASTE MATERIAL - Lead and/or Indium cam be recovered from cullet containing indium and/or lead, such as cullet from CRTs and flat panel displays. A chloride salt melt including AlCl3 is used to dissolve the cullet. The melt may be electrolyzed and the lead and/or indium and other metals may be selectively electro-deposited from the salt melt. The two steps may be combined in a continuous process. The salts in the salt melt are not consumed but can be recycled, with exception of the flux due to formation of chlorine gas and alumina. It is also possible to recover lead and/or indium and other metals from the salt melt by vaporizing the respective chlorides and condensing them, or by leaching the salt phase in water and extracting the metals as hydroxides by hydrometallurgy methods. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20150050199 | REMOVAL OF LEAD FROM SOLID MATERIALS - A leaching composition that substantially removes lead from solid materials and a method of using said composition. Preferably, the concentration of lead in the solid materials following processing is low enough that the solid materials can be reused and/or disposed of at minimal cost to the processor. Preferably, the solid materials comprise glass, such as cathode ray tube glass. | 02-19-2015 |
