Process for the continuous production of alkali metal superoxides
AssigneePeroxid-Chemie GmbH
InventorsWerner Doetsch, Paul-Wilhelm Fuchs
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The process of continuously producing an alkali metal superoxide comprises the reaction of an aerosol of hydrogen peroxide and an alkali metal hydroxide in an inert gas. The reacting aerosol is of the solid/gaseous type or of the liquid/gaseous type. The reaction is preferably carried out in an apparatus comprising a reaction chamber, inlet ducts for the reactants and a dry gas, and an outlet duct conducting the reacted aerosol to means for separating the resulting solid alkali metal superoxide from the gaseous phase.
Claims19
A process for preparing an alkali metal superoxide, which comprises the steps of continuously introducing into a reaction zone an alkali metal hydroxide, hydrogen peroxide and an inert gas;
- forming in said reaction zone an aerosol comprising the alkali metal hydroxide and hydrogen peroxide finely dispersed in the inert gas;
- and
- reacting the alkali metal hydroxide and hydrogen peroxide in said aerosol within said reaction zone at a temperature at least equal to the dismutation temperature of the addition product of the alkali metal peroxide with hydrogen peroxide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.