US Patent Issued on April 1 for "Electrochemical system, apparatus and method to generate metal hydroxide in the presence of metal silicates" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,403, issued on April 1.

"Electrochemical system, apparatus and method to generate metal hydroxide in the presence of metal silicates" was invented by Gregory Hudson Rau (Castro Valley, Calif.), Sadaf Tahmasebi (Halifax, Canada), Clive Mervyn Hugh Brereton (Richmond, Canada), Alexandru Vasile Mezei (Peterborough, Canada) and Michael John Kelland (Ottawa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method are provided for the electrochemical production of hydrogen, oxygen and metal hydroxide wherein the metal is derived from a metal silicate. The process involves the electrolysis of a metal salt solution where hydrogen and a metal h...