Olin Corporation

Clair H Putnam

John M Casberg

James P Brennan

A novel briquet is comprised of compressed hydrated calcium hypochlorite particles having a calcium hypochlorite content in the range from about 55 to about 75 percent by weight, a water content in the range from about 4 to about 10 percent by weight and a compression strength of from about 2 to about 95 kilograms. The briquets may be used in sanitizing water supplies as they dissolve slowly to release available chlorine at a controlled rate.

Briquets of hydrated calcium hypochlorite

Decomposition of chloroisocyanurates such as trichloroisocyanuric acid or alkali metal dichloroisocyanurates is inhibited by the presence of alkaline earth metal sulfates. The sulfates may be used in compositions with a solid chloroisocyanurate or they may be added separately, for example, to packages containing the chloroisocyanurate.

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Madison, CT, United States of America

Clair H Putnam