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Date of Patent:
May. 17, 1994

Filed:

Dec. 20, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:

Michael Siskin, Livingston, NJ (US);

Ramzi Y Saleh, Flemington, NJ (US);

George A Knudsen, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);

Assignee:

Exxon Research & Engineering Co., Florham Park, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
528481 ; 528499 ;
Abstract

The present invention relates to a process for depolymerizing polyacrylonitrile into water soluble by-products, including ammonia and lower molecular weight carbonaceous materials by contacting the starting materials, polyacrylonitrile, and neutral, hot liquid water at a temperature from about 200.degree. C. up to the critical temperature of water at autogenous pressure. The present invention has utility as a means for degrading polyacrylonitrile without producing toxic hydrogen cyanide as a by-product.


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Siskin, Michael. (1994). Process for depolymerization of polyacrylonitrile using hot water (U.S. Patent No. 5312898). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5312898

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