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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1994
Edgard Nicolas, Brussels, BE;
Luc Botte, Castiglioncello, IT;
Francesco Posar, Rosignano-Solvay, IT;
Stefano Bigini, Amelia, IT;
Solvay (Societe Anonyme), Brussels, BE;
Abstract
Process for the manufacture of alkali metal hydroxide, according to which an electrodialysis cell containing three compartments is used, an aqueous alkali metal halide solution is circulated in a saline compartment of the cell, delimited between an anionic membrane and a cationic membrane, an alkali metal halide is introduced into an acidic compartment of the cell, delimited between the anionic membrane and a cationic face of a bipolar membrane and an aqueous alkali metal hydroxide solution is extracted from an alkaline compartment of the cell, delimited between the cationic membrane and an anionic face of the bipolar membrane.