US 11,787,700 B2
Method for forming insoluble solute adducts using an acidic medium
Umakant Pravinchandra Joshi, Spring, TX (US); Austin Schneider, Humble, TX (US); Bradley Glover, Houston, TX (US); John N. Glover, Houston, TX (US); Jeffrey Scott Oliver, Houston, TX (US); and Krishna K. Rao, The Woodlands, TX (US)
Assigned to CRYSTAPHASE PRODUCTS, INC., Houston, TX (US)
Filed by CRYSTAPHASE PRODUCTS, INC., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Nov. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/991,409.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/281,523, filed on Nov. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0159344 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. C01D 5/16 (2006.01)
CPC C01D 5/16 (2013.01) 21 Claims
 
1. A method of forming an insoluble adduct, the method comprising:
reacting a soluble metal hydroxide with an insoluble metal hydroxide in the presence of an aqueous acidic media to form an insoluble adduct and a water byproduct, wherein the metal in the soluble metal hydroxide comprises at least one of potassium and lithium, and wherein the metal in the insoluble metal hydroxide comprises at least one of zirconium and zinc.