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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 1982
Filed:
May. 04, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Albert M Stock, LaPorte, TX (US);
Wilson S Tse, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
203 37 ; 549429 ;
Abstract
In the refining of crude acidic tetrahydrofuran prepared from acetylene and formaldehyde, corrosion of refining equipment and formation of color-producing methacrolein can be minimized by bringing the pH value of the crude tetrahydrofuran to within the range 5-11 before the refining step.