Amalgam Decomposition

Abstract

Four sorts of graphite bed in a laboratory tower reactor for amalgam decomposition were compared. Measurements were performed at 80°C, concentration of normalNaOH 40%, rate of flow of amalgam 0.0125 mol/cm2 sec, and concentration of sodium in amalgam 0.03–0.7 weight per cent; decomposition of the amalgam was maximum with crushed graphite of the firm Sigri (West Germany).