Back to results
US 5,174,985 AGranted
Process for the oxidation of water-insoluble organic compounds
AssigneeBayer Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsHans-Helmut Schwarz, Friedhelm Sahlmen, Otto Immel, Hanno Henkel
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Water-insoluble chlorinated hydrocarbons can be largely degraded by mixing with nitric acid and heating to temperatures of 150.degree. C. to 350.degree. C. under pressures of 6 bar to 350 bar.
Claims4
A process for oxidizing at lest one chlorinated dibenzodioxin or chlorinated dibenzofuran which comprises contacting it with nitric acid at a temperature of 150.degree. to 350.degree. C. under a pressure of 6 to 350 bar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.