Purification of alkali metal hydrosulfite solutions

A process for treating an alkali metal hydrosulfite solution which comprises contacting the alkali metal hydrosulfite solution with aluminum in a reaction mixture, and admixing carbon dioxide gas with the reaction mixture to remove dissolved aluminum as an aluminum-containing precipitate, the alkali...

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Hauptverfasser: KNOLLMUELLER, KARL O
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Zusammenfassung:A process for treating an alkali metal hydrosulfite solution which comprises contacting the alkali metal hydrosulfite solution with aluminum in a reaction mixture, and admixing carbon dioxide gas with the reaction mixture to remove dissolved aluminum as an aluminum-containing precipitate, the alkali metal hydrosulfite solution having a residual alkalinity of from about 0.1 to about 20 grams per liter of hydroxide ion.