Abstract:
THIS SPECIFICATION DESCRIBES A NOVEL USE FOR A PARTICULAR CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON POLYMER. THE POLYMER HAS A HYDROCARBON BACKBONE WITH CHLORINE SUBSTITUENTS THEREON. THE POLYMER CAN BE MANUFACTURED BY INITIALLY POLYMERIZING VINYL CHLORIDE, ETHYLENE, OR 1,2-DICHLORETHYLENE ALONE OR IN COMBINATION WITH EACH OTHER, AND THEN POST CHLORINATING THE POLYMERS TO PRODUCE A CHLORINATED POLYMERIC PRODUCT HAVING A CHLORINE CONTENT OF ABOUT 60 TO 73 WEIGHT PERCENT ARRANGED ABOUT 50 TO 90% IN A 1,2-DICHLOROETHYLENE CONFIGURATION. THE PRODUCT POLYMER IS SUBSTANTIALLY INSOLUBLE IN ACETONE AND HAS A RELATIVE VISCOSITY OF ABOUT 1.3 TO 25 WHEN MEASURED AS A 0.5 WEIGHT PERCENT SOLUTION IN O-DICHLOROBENZENE. THESE POLYMERS HAVE BEEN FOUND TO BE PARTICULARLY WELL ADAPTED TO PRODUCE DIMENSIONALLY STABLE, SELF-SUPPORTING, CORROSION-RESISTANT ARTICLES. THESE ARTICLES HAVE FOUND EXCEPTIONAL USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PARTS OF APLPARATUS USED IN A CORROSIVE ENVIRONMENT IN CHEMICAL PROCESSE. OF SPECIAL IMPORTANCE IS THE USE OF ARTICLES DESCRIBED IN ELECTROLYTIC PROCESSES, PARTICULARLY FOR CHLORINE PRODUCTION.
Abstract:
Steam-volatile organic solvents are removed from process waste waters by intimately mixing the process waste waters with steam to form an azeotropic steam mixture, withdrawing the azeotropic steam mixture from the resultant mixture of steam and water, and condensing said azeotropic steam mixture. The major amount of process waste water, thus freed of solvent content, is discharged as general sewage. An apparatus designed to conduct said process is also described.