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Process for the production of polysulphide pulping liquor from pulp mill recovery smelt

US4153502A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 1, 1978
Grant dateMay 8, 1979
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Expiry dateMay 1, 1998

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC01B17/34
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Sodium polysulphide is formed by reacting sodium sulphide and sodium sulphur-oxygen salts in the presence of carbon and oxygen. The invention is particularly applicable to reacting recovery furnace smelt from a polysulphide pulping process to form a mixture of sodium polysulphide and sodium carbonate which is substantially free from sodium sulphur-oxygen salts, so that dead-load sulphidity is substantially eliminated from the pulping liquor.

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