abstract |
A METHOD OF REMOVING MERCURY FROM A FLUID STREAM COMPRISING CONTACTING THE FLUID STREAM WITH A SORBENT COMPRISING CUPRIC SULFIDE. THE CUPRIC SULFIDE IS FORMED FROM DIRECT SUIFIDATION OF COPPER CARBONATE, WITHOUT THERMAL DECOMPOSITION OF THE COPPER CARBONATE TO AN OXIDE, AT A TEMPERATURE LESS THAN 150°C. THE MOST SUITABLE DRAWING: |