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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1993
Filed:
Jan. 21, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert G Adams, Niagara Falls, NY (US);
Tilak V Bommaraju, Grand Island, NY (US);
Sharon D Fritts, Youngstown, NY (US);
Assignee:
Occidental Chemical Corporation, Niagara Falls, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
423180 ; 423192 ; 568851 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a method of denuding a sodium-mercury amalgam to recover mercury therefrom and produce a sodium alcoholate. The amalgam is reacted with a C.sub.1 to C.sub.4 alcohol in the presence of a catalyst selected from the group consisting of tungsten carbide, iron treated high density carbon, iridium, ruthenium, and mixtures thereof. The resulting sodium alcoholate is separated from the mercury.