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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2003
Applicants:
Janet Marie Rogers, Beaumont, TX (US);
Daniel Albert Green, Moylan, PA (US);
Inventors:
Janet Marie Rogers, Beaumont, TX (US);
Daniel Albert Green, Moylan, PA (US);
Assignee:
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01C003/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A process that can be used to produce NaCN is provided. The process comprises contacting hydrogen cyanide with sodium hydroxide solution to produce a NaCN solution and crystallizing the NaCN solution wherein the process is carried out in the presence of an acid or a metal salt of the acid in which the acid has a pKa≦4.4. The NaCN crystals can be separated from the slurry and dried.