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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 1983
Filed:
Sep. 14, 1981
Mitsuo Yoshida, Nobeoka, JP;
Asahi Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Doryokuro Kakunenryo Kaihatsu Jigyodan, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Nitrates, such as alkali metal nitrates and ammonium nitrate, are electrolytically reduced to the corresponding nitrites by a process wherein an aqueous solution containing a nitrate is supplied into a cathode chamber of an electrolytic cell including cathode and anode chambers separated by a cation exchange membrane and an electric current is applied to the electrolytic cell, while maintaining the pH of the aqueous solution at a value of at least about 4. This process can be advantageously applied not only to the manufacture of nitrites but, also, to the treatment of waste nitrates. In the treatment of waste ammonium nitrate, the ammonium nitrite so formed is conveniently further treated by subjecting the electrolytically reduced catholyte to thermal decomposition outside the electrolytic cell, and removing the so formed nitrogen and water from the reaction system.