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Method of oxidizing a polyvalent metal

US4330478A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 26, 1979
Grant dateMay 18, 1982
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Expiry dateDec 26, 1999

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC01G49/00
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Process of carrying out oxidation-reduction reactions such as oxidation of hydrogen sulfide to sulfur, in which a polyvalent metal chelate with a certain class of polycarboxylic acid is employed, the metal being reduced from a higher valence state to a lower valence state during reduction and back to the higher valence state by oxidation. The class of polycarboxylic acids are those which have a substituent which enhances acidity yet is stable toward oxidation.

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