Abstract:
INVENTION RELATES TO AN IMPROVED PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF SODIUM CARBONATE PRECURSOR CRYSTALS BY A CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESS WHICH INVOLVES FORMING A FIRST CROP OF SAID CARBONATE PRECURSOR CRYSTALS FROM A SUBSTANTIALLY SATURATED CARBONATE PROCESS SOLUTION AND PROVIDING IN THE MOTHER LIQUOR SEPARATD FROM SAID FIRST CROP OF CRYSTALS A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF CALCIUM IONS SUCH THAT WHEN THE MOTHER LIQUOR IS SUBJECTED TO CRYSTALLIZATION AT A TEMPERATURE HIGHER THAN THAT EMPLOYED TO OBTAIN THE FIRST CROP OF SAID PRECURSOR CRYSTALS, A SECOND CROP OF SODIUM CARBONATE PRECURSOR CRYSTALS OF IMPROVED QUALITY IS OBTAINED.
Abstract:
THIS INVENTION RELATES TO THE PREPARATION OF CHLOROMETHANES FROM METHYL CHLOROMETHYL ETHER BY REACTING AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURES METHYL CHLOROMETHYL ETHER WITH HYDROGEN CHLORIDE IN THE PRESENCE OF A ETHER-CLEAVING AGENT COMPRISING SULFUR TRIOXIDE DISSOLVED IN SULFURIC ACID, AND PREFERABLY HAVING DISSOLVED THEREIN A MINOR AMOUNT OF MERCURY. THE METHYL CHLOROMETHYL ETHER ID PREPARED BY REACTING ESSENTIALLY EQUIMOLAR PROPORTIONS OF METHYL ALCOHOL AND FORMALDEHYDE AND CONTACTING THIS MIXTURE IN COUNTERCURRENT RELATIONSHIP WITH HYDROGEN CHLORIDE IN A REACTION VESSEL AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURES.