Potassium ferrate (VI), or K2FeO4, is one of the most sought after, but least attainable industrial chemicals. Now pilot production has yielded the first kilogram-scale quantities of the powerful chemical oxidizer.
Batelle, the world's largest independent R&D organization, had previously shown that the material could be produced in bench-scale quantities with their proprietary process. Potassium ferrate has applications in chemical synthesis, as a biocide, and in wastewater treatment. Although environmentally benign, the challenge has always been to produce economical quantities of sufficiently pure, shelf-stable product.
Ferratec, under license from Batelle, and working closely with Electrosynthesis Company and engineering partner NORAM, has demonstrated large-scale production, and laid the groundwork for scaling up the process for the global market.
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