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Mannheim process
The Mannheim process is an industrial process for the production of hydrogen chloride and sodium sulfate from sulfuric acid and sodium chloride. The Mannheim furnace is also used to produce potassium sulfate from potassium chloride. The Mannheim process is a stage in the Leblanc process for the production of sodium carbonate.
Process.
The process is conductedin a so-called Mannheim furnace, a large cast iron kiln, Sodium chloride and sulfuric acid are first fed onto a stationary reaction plate where an initial reaction takes place. The stationary
Essen and then received his Diploma in Anionic polymerization in 1979. Later, he received his PhD in 1982 in the group of Friedhelm Bandermann at the University of Duisburg-Essen with research projects focusing on anionic living free radical polymerization.
Biography.
From 1983-1987 Hungenberg worked in process development for blood diagnostic devices with Boehringer Mannheim GmbH, now Roche Diagnostics.
In 1987 he joined BASF’s Polymer research group. Since then, he has led diverse product and process development projects ranging from new PVC modifiers, polyolefin