Abstract: A process for preparing or regenerating peroxodisulfuric acid and its salts by electrolysis of an aqueous solution containing sulfuric acid and/or metal sulfates at diamond-coated electrodes without addition of promoters is described, with bipolar silicon electrodes which are coated with diamond on one side and whose uncoated silicon rear side serves as cathode being used.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 7, 2016
Date of Patent:
December 12, 2017
Assignee:
Degussa Initiators GmbH & Co. KG
Inventors:
Wolfgang Thiele, Hans-Jürgen Kramer, Hans-Jürgen Förster
Abstract: Cyclohexane is reacted with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of nitric acid which is used as a catalyst in a suitable solvent for the production of trimeric cyclohexane peroxide.