Patent ID: 6096109
Filing Date: 2000-08-01
Classification: C22B,Y02P

Abstract:
A method for converting a ligated-metal of a ligated-metal feed into chemical components of the ligated-metal, comprising the steps of:a) forming an ionized zone by exposing a gas to an ionizing agent, wherein the ionizing agent is in a form selected from a group consisting of and a magnetic field, and wherein the ionized zone can convert said ligated-metal to a reduced ligated-metal intermediate; andb) directing the ligated-metal feed into the ionized zone, whereby said ligated-metal is converted to a reduced ligated-metal intermediate, thereby causing a thermodynamically stable metal-ligand bond of said ligated-metal to be electronically destabilized and inducing subsequent metal-ligand bond rupture, said reduced ligated-metal intermediate being converted by the metal-ligand bond rupture into chemical components of said ligated-metal.