Abstract:
Mixtures of water with water-miscible solvent(s) containing suspended, emulsified and/or colloidal impurities are purified by contacting the water-solvent mixture with an at least partially open celled foam containing 1-75 weight percent active pulverulent additives. The liquid and solid phases are then separated. The active pulverulent additives which may be incorporated into the foam by means of a binder or by incorporation in the reactants used to form the foam include active coals, brown coal dust, peat, iron oxides and brown coal coke dust.
Abstract:
Filamentary vinyl polymer compositions are commonly prepared according to the following procedure:(a) polymerizing a vinyl monomer in a concentrated aqueous inorganic salt solution to produce a vinyl polymer solution;(b) spinning the resulting vinyl polymer solution into a coagulating bath containing an aqueous solution of the same inorganic salt as that employed in the polymerization step, the concentration of inorganic salt in the coagulating bath being maintained at a level which affords precipitation of the vinyl polymer to form a coherent filamentary gel;(c) washing the gel so produced;(d) recovering the concentrated aqueous inorganic salt solution from the washing and coagulation steps; and(e) recycling the recovered concentrated aqueous inorganic salt solution into the polymerizing step. In such a process, undesirable copper ion impurities accumulate in the recovered concentrated aqueous inorganic salt solution. According to the present invention, the recovered aqueous inorganic salt solution is purified and activated prior to the recycling and use thereof by:(1) introducing a source of sulfide ion into the recovered aqueous inorganic salt solution in an amount sufficient to provide a concentration of about 2 to about 200 ppm of sulfide ion, based upon the concentrated aqueous inorganic salt solution; and(2) removing the precipitate resulting from said sulfide ion introduction.
Abstract:
Waste asbestos generated from a production process utilizing a surfactant as the dispersant and a coagulant as a solidifying agent is recovered for reprocessing by treating the waste with an inorganic acid to react with the precipitated surfactant and solubilize the precipitating ions. The precipitating ions are removed by washing. The insoluble residue, containing asbestos and the surfactant is mixed and reacted with an alkali to form a dispersion of asbestos that may be reprocessed by conventional methods.