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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:
Apr. 23, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert M. Moore, Jr., Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Assignee:
Albemarle Corporation, Richmond, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 5/902 ; A01N 5/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 5/902 ; A01N 5/900 ;
Abstract
The production process comprises A) forming acidic aqueous solution comprising alkali metal cations, bromide anions, and sulfamate anions; B) feeding into said aqueous solution a source of alkali metal cations and chlorine-containing bromide oxidant proportioned to keep the resultant aqueous medium acidic and to form an acidic product solution containing at least about 5 wt % of active bromine; and C) raising the pH of the aqueous product solution with water-soluble base to at least about 10.