Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.

Minoru Kubota

Tomoyuki Yui

Junichiro Sugano

Tsuneo Fujimoto

Jun Kokubu

Takeo Suzumori

Yoshitugu Minamikawa

Shuichi Kobayashi

A method for generating oxygen gas by contacting a peroxygen compound in water with a catalyst composed of a cobalt salt and an organic carboxylic acid or a salt thereof wherein the carboxylic acid has at least one hydroxyl group and at least one carboxyl group.

Method for generation of oxygen gas

Provided is a new granulator for preparing granules from a powdery material by agglomerating it through a kneading action, comprising a receptacle and two screws having screw blades disposed within the receptacle in parallel alignment to ensure intermeshing of the screw blades. The novel granulator consists of a feeding zone, a kneading zone divided into an upstream section and a downstream section, and a breaking zone. In the feeding zone, the blades on the two screws are forwardly conveying blades. In the upstream section of the kneading zone, on one screw a backwardly conveying blade is first provided and a forwardly conveying blade follows, and on the other screw, a forwardly conveying blade comes first and a backwardly conveying blade follows, said alternate arrangement occurring at least once in each screw. In the downstream section of the kneading zone, the blades on both of the screws are backwardly conveying screws. In the breaking zone, a plurality of small projections are provided on the peripheral surfaces of the screw shafts. The material transferred to the kneading zone from the feeding zone gradually advances while repeating a forward movement and a backward movement in an 8-figured pattern whereby it is agglomerated. The agglomerates are then broken by the projection in the breaking zone into granules of a suitable size.

Apparatus for granulating sodium percarbonate

A process for producing sodium percarbonate which comprises reacting sodium carbonate with hydrogen peroxide in a working solution of sodium carbonate, hydrogen peroxide and water, said reaction being carried out in the presence of at least one N,N,N',N'-tetra(phosphonomethyl)diaminoalkane of the following formula ##STR1## wherein R is either ##STR2## and n is 0 or 1 to 4, and at least one salt selected from the group consisting of phosphates, silicates and magnesium salts.

Process for producing sodium percarbonate

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Minoru Kubota