Method for producing copper oxide (US Patent 5492681)

Patent number: 5492681 Granted: 1996-02-20 Filed: 1993-03-22 Inventors: Eugene A. Pasek (Fayetteville, GA, US); Craig R. McIntyre (Conyers, GA, US) Assignees: Hickson Corporation (Conley, GA, US)

Abstract

A method for producing copper oxide. In the method, a copper bearing material, aqueous ammonia, and a sufficient amount of an ammonium salt to double the rate of production of copper oxide in the absence of the salt are placed in a single vessel. The vessel is closed, and oxygen is fed into the vessel. The mixture is stirred and