Abstract: This invention relates to a process for the accelerated production of red lead oxide, the lead oxide to be oxidized being kept in suspension like a fluidized bed, particularly being kept in suspension like a fluidized bed in a stirrer reactor by a stirrer, only part of the finished product being drawn off from the fully oxidized fluidized bed and being replaced by new lead oxide to be oxidized, as well as an apparatus therefor.

Abstract: The method according to the invention for producing industrial litharge of more than 99.98, preferably more than 99.99, % by weight oxide content, wherein liquid lead in heated form is introduced into a reactor in an amount which is constant and uniform in time average, the reaction temperature is set to a temperature in the range from more than 500.degree. C. to 680.degree. C. and the crude oxide having an oxidation degree of about 99.7% thus obtained is further oxidized, is characterized in that in the first stage in the production of the crude oxide with an oxidation degree of about 99.7% the product discharged with the reaction air is filtered out of the latter and returned to the reactor and, when enough oxide has collected in the reactor, the lead supply and the filter oxide return are interrupted and only air is then blown in, and the charge oxidized to a residual content of metallic lead of at the most 0.01% is not completely discharged but only to an extent of about 50%.