Haarmann & Reimer Gmbh

Imi Tami Institute for Research and Development Ltd.

Alexander Alon

Philip W Staal

Alkali metal citrates are prepared by the addition of an alkaline alkali metal base or salt to citric acid solutions and recovered in solid form by the addition of a C.sub.1 to C.sub.5 alcohol to the solution to cause precipitation.

Method for the preparation and recovery of alkali metal citrates

An aqueous solution of a mineral acid is freed of dissolved or colloidally dispersed organic matter by admixing to the solution an aldehyde or an aldehyde oligomer and a compound copolymerizable with an aldehyde, allowing a polymerization reaction to occur and separating the resulting polymer. The polymer that forms removes selectively from the solution the said organic matter and any suspended organic matter is also removed. The aldehyde and the compound copolymerizable therewith may be added in the form of a pre-condensate.

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