Abstract:
Process for the recovery of mercury from the brine filter sludge of alkali-chlorine cells. The brine filter sludge is treated with solutions containing active chlorine for the extraction of mercury or its compounds. Insoluble impurities are filtered off, and the resulting mercuric filtrate is passed to the electrolytic cell where the dissolved mercury is reduced to metal at the cathode under the operating conditions of the cell. Metallic mercury may also be recovered from the filtrate with the aid of sodium amalgam.
Abstract:
AQUEOUS HYDROCHLORIC ACID IS ELECTROLYZED IN A DIAPHRAGM CELL TO RECOVER CHLORINE AND HYDROGEN THEREFROM. THE ACID TO BE ELCTROLYZED SHOULD HAVE A CONCENTRATION OF FROM 18 TO 28% BY WEIGHT OF HCL AND SHOULD BE DEGRADED BY NOT MORE THAN 2% BY WEIGHT DURING ITS PASSAGE THROUGH THE CELL. THE MEAN TEMPERATURE IN THE CELL IS KEPT AT FROM 75* TO 90*C.