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Min. Order (MOQ)
1000 Kilogram
Process for lthe production of sodium nitrite filed july 23, 1932 attorney patented mar. 3, 1936 united states patent office process for the production of sodium nitrite york application july 23, 1932, serial no. 624, 200
8 claims.
This invention relates to a process for the production of sodium nitrite by the absorption of nitrogen oxides in alkaline solutions such as solutions of sodium hydroxide or carbonate, and it is an object of this invention to provide a process whereby sodium nitrite of a high degree of purity may be recovered from the solution thus produced, with an economical utilization of the raw materials entering the process and their complete recovery, principally in the :form of sodium nitrite, but also in the form of a mixed nitritenitrate by-product.
One feature of the invention is an improvement in the process for the absorption of nitrogen oxides in a solution of sodium carbonate to form sodium nitrite wherein the nitrogen oxides are passed in series through a plurality of absorption stages in contact with the solution and the solution is cooled to crystallize solid sodium nitrite, which improvement involves separating the crystallized solid sodium nitrite from the mother liquor and mixing the mother liquor with the sodium carbonate solution undergoing treatment with the nitrogen oxides. Another portion of the mother liquor is withdrawn and a mixed solid sodium nitrate-sodium nitrite product is recovered therefrom.