Abstract 1. A METHOD FOR REMOVING SULFUR OXIDES FROM GASEOUS STREAMS COMPRISING: CONTACTING SAID GASEOUS STREAMS WITH A MOLTEN MIXTURE HAVING A PH FROM ABOUT 7.0 TO ABOUT 10.0 AND CONTAINING FROM ABOUT 10 TO ABOUT 99 WEIGHT PERCENT METAL ALKANOATE, WHEREIN SAID METAL IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SODIUM, POTASSIUM, LITHIUM AND MAGNESIUM, AND WHEREIN THE ALKYL MOIETY OF SAID ALKANOATE CONTAINS FROM 1 TO ABOUT 4 CARBON ATOMS; AND FROM ABOUT 1 TO ABOUT 90 WEIGHT PERCENT OF AN ALKALINE MATERIAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF METAL HYDROXIDES, METAL CARBONATES, METAL BICARBONATED AND COMBINATIONS THEREOF WHEREIN SAID METAL IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SODIUM, POTASSIUM, LITHIUM AND MAGNESIUM THEREBY SELECTIVELY ABSORBING SULFUR OXIDES AND RECOVERING A GASEOUS STREAM HAVING A REDUCED SULFUR OXIIDE CONTENT.
A METHOD FOR REMOVING SULFUR OXIDES FROM GASEOUS STREAMS COMPRISING: CONTACTING SAID GASEOUS STREAMS WITH A MOLTEN MIXTURE HAVING A PH FROM ABOUT 7.0 TO ABOUT 10.0 AND CONTAINING FROM ABOUT 10 TO ABOUT 99 WEIGHT PERCENT METAL ALKANOATE, WHEREIN SAID METAL IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SODIUM, POTASSIUM, LITHIUM AND MAGNESIUM, AND WHEREIN THE ALKYL MOIETY OF SAID ALKANOATE CONTAINS FROM 1 TO ABOUT 4 CARBON ATOMS; AND FROM ABOUT 1 TO ABOUT 90 WEIGHT PERCENT OF AN ALKALINE MATERIAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF METAL HYDROXIDES, METAL CARBONATES, METAL BICARBONATED AND COMBINATIONS THEREOF WHEREIN SAID METAL IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SODIUM, POTASSIUM, LITHIUM AND MAGNESIUM THEREBY SELECTIVELY ABSORBING SULFUR OXIDES AND RECOVERING A GASEOUS STREAM HAVING A REDUCED SULFUR OXIIDE CONTENT.
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A METHOD FOR REMOVING SULFUR OXIDES FROM GASEOUS STREAMS COMPRISING: CONTACTING SAID GASEOUS STREAMS WITH A MOLTEN MIXTURE HAVING A PH FROM ABOUT 7.0 TO ABOUT 10.0 AND CONTAINING FROM ABOUT 10 TO ABOUT 99 WEIGHT PERCENT METAL ALKANOATE, WHEREIN SAID METAL IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SODIUM, POTASSIUM, LITHIUM AND MAGNESIUM, AND WHEREIN THE ALKYL MOIETY OF SAID ALKANOATE CONTAINS FROM 1 TO ABOUT 4 CARBON ATOMS; AND FROM ABOUT 1 TO ABOUT 90 WEIGHT PERCENT OF AN ALKALINE MATERIAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF METAL HYDROXIDES, METAL CARBONATES, METAL BICARBONATED AND COMBINATIONS THEREOF WHEREIN SAID METAL IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SODIUM, POTASSIUM, LITHIUM AND MAGNESIUM THEREBY SELECTIVELY ABSORBING SULFUR OXIDES AND RECOVERING A GASEOUS STREAM HAVING A REDUCED SULFUR OXIIDE CONTENT.