Electrolytic extraction of gallium from alkali metal...

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C25C 1/22 (2006.01) C22B 58/00 (2006.01)

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CA 1136086

Abstract of the Disclosure Alkali metal aluminate solutions are subjected to two-stage carbonatation with stirring to produce alum- inium hydroxide, a gallium-containing precipitate, and solutions containing caustic and alkali metal bicarbonate. Thereafter the produced gallium-containing precipitate is mixed with a solution containing caustic alkali until the content of gallium in the solution is 0.05 to 1 g/l. Any precipitate formed is separated and the solution enriched with gallium is mixed with a solution containing alkali metal bicarbonate. The resulting mixture is subjected to evapora- tion to separate alkali metal compounds, and the solution which has been subjected to evaporation is carbonated to produce a solution containing alkali metal salts, and a gallium concentrate from which gallium is produced by trans- forming it into an alkaline solution from which metallic gallium is recovered, either electrochemically, such as by electrolysis, or by reduction with an aluminium-containing gallium alloy. The proposed method makes it possible to extract gallium at a comparatively low cost from solutions obtained in the processing, for example, of nephelines containing it in amounts which do not exceed 0.02 to 0.03 g/l. As a result of the proposed method, it has become possible in the processes of concentration of gallium to produce a number of valuable components such as alkali metal salts contained in the starting ore.

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