Abstract 1. A WASTE-CONTROL PROCESS FOR THE ULTIMATE DISPOSAL OF AN ORGANIC PESTICIDE RESULTING IN NEGLIGIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION COMPRISING: FEEDING THE PESTICIDE AND A SOURCE OF OXYGEN INTO A POOL OF A MOLTEN SALT CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF AN ALKALI METAL CARBONATE OR MIXTURE OF ALKALI METAL CARBONATES OR A MAJOR PORTION OF AN AKALI METAL CARBONATE AND A MINOR PORTION OF AT LEAST 1 WT. PERCENT OF AN ALKALI METAL SULFATE TO THERMALLY DECOMPOSE AND AT LEAST PARTIALLY OXIDIZE SAID PESTICIDE TO FORM DECOMPOSITION PRODUCT INCLUDING A GASEOUS EFFLUENT, AND THEN VENTING A GASEOUS EFFLUENT PRODUCT CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY ONLY OF GAS SELECTED FROM CARBON DIOXIDE, WATER VAPOR, OXYGEN AND NITROGEN TO THE ATMOSPHERE WHILE RETAINING THE REMAINING DECOMPOSITION PRODUCT OF THE PESTICIDE IN THE MELT.
A WASTE-CONTROL PROCESS FOR THE ULTIMATE DISPOSAL OF AN ORGANIC PESTICIDE RESULTING IN NEGLIGIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION COMPRISING: FEEDING THE PESTICIDE AND A SOURCE OF OXYGEN INTO A POOL OF A MOLTEN SALT CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF AN ALKALI METAL CARBONATE OR MIXTURE OF ALKALI METAL CARBONATES OR A MAJOR PORTION OF AN AKALI METAL CARBONATE AND A MINOR PORTION OF AT LEAST 1 WT. PERCENT OF AN ALKALI METAL SULFATE TO THERMALLY DECOMPOSE AND AT LEAST PARTIALLY OXIDIZE SAID PESTICIDE TO FORM DECOMPOSITION PRODUCT INCLUDING A GASEOUS EFFLUENT, AND THEN VENTING A GASEOUS EFFLUENT PRODUCT CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY ONLY OF GAS SELECTED FROM CARBON DIOXIDE, WATER VAPOR, OXYGEN AND NITROGEN TO THE ATMOSPHERE WHILE RETAINING THE REMAINING DECOMPOSITION PRODUCT OF THE PESTICIDE IN THE MELT.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
123 words
A WASTE-CONTROL PROCESS FOR THE ULTIMATE DISPOSAL OF AN ORGANIC PESTICIDE RESULTING IN NEGLIGIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION COMPRISING: FEEDING THE PESTICIDE AND A SOURCE OF OXYGEN INTO A POOL OF A MOLTEN SALT CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF AN ALKALI METAL CARBONATE OR MIXTURE OF ALKALI METAL CARBONATES OR A MAJOR PORTION OF AN AKALI METAL CARBONATE AND A MINOR PORTION OF AT LEAST 1 WT. PERCENT OF AN ALKALI METAL SULFATE TO THERMALLY DECOMPOSE AND AT LEAST PARTIALLY OXIDIZE SAID PESTICIDE TO FORM DECOMPOSITION PRODUCT INCLUDING A GASEOUS EFFLUENT, AND THEN VENTING A GASEOUS EFFLUENT PRODUCT CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY ONLY OF GAS SELECTED FROM CARBON DIOXIDE, WATER VAPOR, OXYGEN AND NITROGEN TO THE ATMOSPHERE WHILE RETAINING THE REMAINING DECOMPOSITION PRODUCT OF THE PESTICIDE IN THE MELT.