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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a catalytic method for producing an alkali metal alkoxide (alkali metal alkanolate), a known reagent in the organic chemistry, and useful in the case of requiring a strong base as a reaction material and also as a catalyst in a specific reaction. SOLUTION: This catalytic method for producing the alkali metal alkoxide is to react an alkali metal amalgam with an alcohol in the presence of a catalyst containing iron having >=0.3 mass % carbon content.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the energy consumption in the manufacture by maintaining the dynamic condition of an alkali metal amalgam forming an anode. SOLUTION: A liquid anode preferably maintains its dynamic condition by the stirring under the atmospheric pressure or the pressure slightly higher than the atmospheric pressure, or the circulation by a pump, or the combination thereof. An anode area and a cathode area are separated from each other by a solid electrolyte which is an alkali metal ion conductor through which helium is impermeable. For example, appropriate solid electrolytes in manufacturing sodium include sodium β"-alumina, and sodium p-alumina. The manufacturing temperature is preferably 310-400 deg.C for sodium, and 260-400 deg.C for potassium. The current density during the manufacture is generally >=250 A/m2, but preferably 0.5-10 kA/m2 for sodium, and 0.3-3 kA/m2 for potassium.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing an alkali metal alkoxide in a good yield, by using a catalyst of a low cost. SOLUTION: This method for producing the alkali metal alkoxide comprises reacting an alkali metal amalgam with an alcohol in the presence the catalyst containing porous iron. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for separating lithium from lithium amalgam. SOLUTION: In the method for separating the lithium from the lithium amalgam by electrolysis using a solid lithium ion conductive body, the lithium ion conductive body has composition of Li 4-X Si 1-X P X O 4 (wherein, X is 0.3-0.7). COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of manufacturing a lithium ion conductor for recovering lithium from lithium amalgam. SOLUTION: The solid lithium ion conductor having the composition, Li 4-X Si I-X P X O 4 (wherein, X is 0.3 to 0.7) is prepared by shaping and calcining Li 4-X Si I-X P X O 4 (wherein, X is 0.3 to 0.7) and/or a compound converted into the same during the calcination, wherein Li 4-X Si I-X P X O 4 and/or the compound converted into the same during the calcination are/is used in a state of powder having ≤5 μm average particle diameter. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To energically preferably produce sodium and potassium. SOLUTION: This electrolytic cell being a stirred state comprises an alkali metal amalgam-contg. anode, a solid electrolyte having alkali metal ion conductivity and a cathode. The solid electrolyte and the cathode are mutually divided through an electrolytic soln. As the electyrolyte, dissolved NaOH, NaNH2 or a mixture thereof, or dissolved KOH, KNH2 or a mixture of is used, and the solid electrolyte can be selected from the group consisting of sodium β-alumina, sodium β"-alumina and β/β"-alumina or the group consisting of potassium β-alumina, potassium β" and potassium β/β"-alumina.