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Processing and packaging sulfonation and sulfation technology
Author(s) -
Lanteri A.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02673401
Subject(s) - sulfation , hydrolysis , decomposition , process engineering , chemistry , process (computing) , organic chemistry , biochemical engineering , computer science , engineering , biochemistry , operating system
The paper will summarize the sulfonation/sulfation process used in the detergent industry, with particular emphasis on the modern techniques involving the use of diluted gaseous SO 3 as a sulfonating agent. The outstanding features of the commercially available SO 3 ‐air processes will be described, and the Ballestra, Berol, Allied, Chemithon, and Mazzoni reactors will be shown graphically in figures. The particular aspects of processing the various feedstocks, decomposition of the by‐product anhydrides in sulfonation of alkylbenzene, hydrolysis of the sultones formed in sulfonation of alpha olefins, and their implication on the integrated sulfonation processes are also considered.