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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 1986
Filed:
Oct. 01, 1984
Tilak V Bommaraju, Grand Island, NY (US);
William V Hauck, North Tonawanda, NY (US);
Vernon J Lloyd, Lewiston, NY (US);
Occidental Chemical Corporation, Niagara Falls, NY (US);
Abstract
The addition of a small amount of hydrogen or a hydrogen-liberating compound such as a metal hydride to a caustic solution serves to suppress the corrosive effect of the solution on nickel-based surfaces. Typical nickel-based surfaces include caustic evaporator surfaces which contain a caustic solution maintained at a temperature of from about 130.degree. C. to about 180.degree. C. A preferred metal hydride is sodium borohydride which is preferably present in an amount of from about 5 ppm to about 100 ppm. Concentrated caustic solutions containing less than 0.5 ppm of nickel can be prepared by this process.