Potassium chloride from sea bittern : part I
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2011-11-22T09:35:16Z
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A process has been worked out by which potassium chloride of 97-99 per cent purity can be obtained from the waste bittern of the marine salt industry. the desulphation of the bittern is carried out using commercial,calcium chloride. sulphate-free bittern deposits,on concentration,the double salt,KCL.MGCL2.6H2O, from which potassium chloride is recovered by leaching it with cold water or by cooling a supersaturated solution of the double salt.