Process for purifying phosphoric acid

摘要

Wet process phosphoric acid is purified by extraction with a hexanone of pentanone to form an organic extract, containing phosphoric acid, from which the acid content is recovered by treatment with water or aqueous phosphoric acid in 2 or more portions to give 2 or more purified acids, the recovery to give the last purified acid being in more than 1 countercurrent stage.