Abstract: Caking of industrial alkali metal chlorides and mixtures containing them in storage is prevented and a flowable product is obtained by adding a hydrophilic and/or a hydrophobic material, in combination with a complex iron cyanide, on a hydroxyl group containing carrier to produce a permanent moisture content of at least 0.01 weight percent of water on the salt.

Abstract: N-hydroxymethyl methionine is incorporated in feeds for ruminants.

Abstract: Iron and steel are nitrided in a salt bath in a process favorable to the environment. The salt bath consists essentially of potassium cyanate, sodium cyanate, potassium carbonate, and sodium carbonate. Preferably, air flows through the bath. The bath preferably contains 25-57 weight % of cyanate calculated as cyanate ion, 0 to 30% alkali metal chloride and the balance carbonate and alkali metal ions. Preferably cyanide is omitted, but it can be present in an amount up to 5%. Without removing the waste salt, the bath is regenerated by adding melon, melam, or melem.