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Title: Process for obtaining paraffin and highly viscous lubricating oils from bituminous masses

Patent ·
OSTI ID:7321871

A process for obtaining paraffin and highly viscous lubricating oils from crude bituminous tar comprises treating the crude bituminous tar in the cold state with acetone to form a solution, filtering off the paraffin which separates off from the solution, dissolving the paraffin in an indifferent solvent, treating the solution thus obtained with concentrated sulphuric acid, removing the acid resins and the sulphuric acid from the solution, and precipitating the paraffin from the solution by means of acetone.

Assignee:
TIC; EDB-77-079580
Patent Number(s):
US 1443983
OSTI ID:
7321871
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: Filed date 20 Apr 1921
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English