Process for removing water from alkali metal amalgam

US8440067B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Marc Claude Martin · Lemförde, DE
• Günther Huber · Munich, DE
• Michael Lutz · Speyer, DE
• Wolfgang Kanther · Schifferstadt, DE
• Josef Guth · Freinsheim, DE
• Holger Friedrich · Frankenthal (Pfalz), DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 29, 2007
• Grant date: May 14, 2013
• Expiry date: Apr 8, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P10/20
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a process for removing small amounts of water and possible further constituents from alkali metal amalgam, wherein the alkali metal amalgam is brought into contact with an element which is insoluble in mercury and catalyzes the reaction of water with the alkali metal amalgam and the possible further constituents to form hydroxides and hydrogen.