Olin Corporation

Leonard L Scott

David W Cawlfield

Sanders H Moore

Richard C Ness

Randall Taylor Morris

Awuri Priye Asuru

The present invention provides compositions comprising comminuted sodium hypochlorite pentahydrate crystals with an average length-to-diameter ratio of less than about 20:1, and a mother liquor saturated in sodium hypochlorite, which has excess alkalinity and/or one or more additional alkali or alkali earth metal salts. Processes for preparing these compositions will be presented.

Sodium hypochlorite compositions

A sodium hypochlorite composition comprising between about 25% and about 40% sodium hypochlorite, in the form of a slurry of sodium hypochlorite pentahydrate crystals in a mother liquor saturated in sodium hypochlorite. The composition can include sodium chloride, and an alkai stabilizer such as sodium hydroxide and sodium carbonate. The slurry is preferably between about &#x2212;15&#xb0; C. and about 10&#xb0; C. A method of transporting or storing sodium hypochlorite is also provided in which the sodium hypochlorite is in the form of a slurry of sodium hypochlorite pentahydrate crystals in a mother liquor saturated in sodium hypochlorite. The composition can include sodium chloride, and an alkali stabilizer such as sodium hydroxide and sodium carbonate. The slurry is preferably between about &#x2212;15&#xb0; C. and about 10&#xb0; C.

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Leonard L Scott