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MacDonald
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3/1956
2,913,330
11/1959
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ABSTRACT
References Cited
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6 Claims, N0 Drawings
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quirements.
ferred to as denning.
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effect agglomeration.
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completing the acidulation of the required amount of 20 may again be made liquid by slight addition of water.
phosphate rock. At no time prior to granulation is suffi
The liquid phase slurry will usually be comprised of a
cient acid and rock combined to permit formation of a
metastable solution with a restricted quantity of solids
solid reaction product. Therefore, all handling of solid
containing iron and aluminum phosphates and other
phosphate, denning, rasping, etc. are totally eliminated.
minor impurities and a limited quantity of calcium
In accordance with the preferred practice of the in 25 phosphate solids. These, of course, do not limit the mo
vention comminuted phosphate rock is introduced into
bility of the reaction slurry.
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pounds.
tion. The ratio must therefore be determined by con 55 The oversized material is readily comminuted and com
bined with the undersized particles to produce recycled
ventional means as is ordinarily done and understood
?nes. The ?nes may be recycled through the mixer to
by those skilled in the art.
EXAMPLE
which at least 85% thereof will pass through a 200 65 A slurry was formed by adding 404 parts by weight
of wet process phosphric acid of 50% P205 (containing
mesh screen. The weight ratio of P205 of added rock to
102 parts by weight of water and maintained at a tem
P205 of slurry injected into the tumbler is maintained
perature of about 200) and 100 parts by weight of
in the range of between about 029821.052 and
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follows:
P20s
32.6%
3.8%
F6203
Ago,
1.4%
1.8%
CaO
Water and solubles
47.3%
6.5%
pended claims.
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What is claimed:
acid in a reactor,
260F,
d. placing a predetermined quantity of comminuted
phosphate rock in an agitating mixer, at least about
85% of said comminuted phosphate rock being of
a particle size small enough to pass through a 200
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about 0.21:1,
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and
agitating mixer.
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