A process for treating a sulfurous fluid to form gypsum and magnesium carbonate, whereby the sulfurous fluid is scrubbed with a sequestrating agent to yield a scrubbed fluid, gypsum and magnesium sulfate. The flue gas desulfurized gypsum is isolated from the magnesium sulfate solution by filtration or centrifugation. The magnesium sulfate is reacted with a carbonate salt to produce a magnesium carbonate whereby the reaction conditions are controlled to control the properties of the magnesium carbonate produced.

A process for treating a sulfurous fluid to form gypsum and magnesium carbonate, whereby the sulfurous fluid is scrubbed with a sequestrating agent to yield a scrubbed fluid, gypsum and magnesium sulfate. The flue gas desulfurized gypsum is isolated from the magnesium sulfate solution by filtration or centrifugation. The magnesium sulfate is reacted with a carbonate salt to produce a magnesium carbonate whereby the reaction conditions are controlled to control the properties of the magnesium carbonate produced.

The invention provides for the orchestrated treatment of disparate fractions of a shale deposit to recover vanadium values, with distinct steps of beneficiation that together provide a combined vanadium-enriched concentrate amenable to subsequent combined steps of hydrometallurgical vanadium extraction.

A forest fire retardant composition contains a retardant compound that includes a halide salt, a non-halide salt, a metal oxide, a metal hydroxide, a sulfate salt, or combinations thereof. The forest fire retardant composition may include at least one anhydrous salt and at least one hydrate salt. The sulfate salt may be magnesium sulfate. The magnesium sulfate hydrate has a formula MgSO.sub.4(H.sub.2O).sub.x, where x is about 1 to about 11. For example, x may be equal to at least one of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 or 11. The composition may be in the form of a dry concentrate, a liquid concentrate, or a final diluted product. The final diluted product is effective in suppressing, retarding, and controlling forest fires while exhibiting corrosion resistance and low toxicity.

A forest fire retardant composition contains a retardant compound that includes a halide salt, a non-halide salt, a metal oxide, a metal hydroxide, a sulfate salt, or combinations thereof. The forest fire retardant composition may include at least one anhydrous salt and at least one hydrate salt. The sulfate salt may be magnesium sulfate. The magnesium sulfate hydrate has a formula MgSO.sub.4(H.sub.2O).sub.x, where x is about 1 to about 11. For example, x may be equal to at least one of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 or 11. The composition may be in the form of a dry concentrate, a liquid concentrate, or a final diluted product. The final diluted product is effective in suppressing, retarding, and controlling forest fires while exhibiting corrosion resistance and low toxicity.

The invention relates to a method for producing sulphur-containing potash granules from fine-particle, potassium-chloride-containing raw materials and elementary sulphur, and to the sulphur-containing potash granules obtained with this method. The method comprises the following steps a) and b): a) mixing a potassium-chloride-containing, fine-particle raw material with a sulphur melt in a quantity of 2 to 30 wt. %, in particular 3 to 25 wt. %, preferably 5 to 23 wt. % and particularly preferably 8 to 20 wt. % in relation to the total amount of sulphur melt and fine-particle raw material, producing a mixture of fine-particle raw material and molten sulphur; and b) compacting the mixture of fine-particle raw material and molten sulphur obtained in step a). The invention also relates to the use of sulphur melts in the production of potassium chloride granules by compacting a potassium-chloride-containing, fine-particle raw material to reduce the pressing force during compacting, and to the use of sulohur melts to improve the mechanical strength of potash granules, containing potassium chloride, in particular potash granules obtained by compacting a sulphur- and potassium-chloride-containing, fine-particle raw material.

The invention relates to a method for producing sulphur-containing potash granules from fine-particle, potassium-chloride-containing raw materials and elementary sulphur, and to the sulphur-containing potash granules obtained with this method. The method comprises the following steps a) and b): a) mixing a potassium-chloride-containing, fine-particle raw material with a sulphur melt in a quantity of 2 to 30 wt. %, in particular 3 to 25 wt. %, preferably 5 to 23 wt. % and particularly preferably 8 to 20 wt. % in relation to the total amount of sulphur melt and fine-particle raw material, producing a mixture of fine-particle raw material and molten sulphur; and b) compacting the mixture of fine-particle raw material and molten sulphur obtained in step a). The invention also relates to the use of sulphur melts in the production of potassium chloride granules by compacting a potassium-chloride-containing, fine-particle raw material to reduce the pressing force during compacting, and to the use of sulohur melts to improve the mechanical strength of potash granules, containing potassium chloride, in particular potash granules obtained by compacting a sulphur- and potassium-chloride-containing, fine-particle raw material.

A method for processing a metallurgical waste acid, includes the following steps. First, a certain amount of a metallurgical waste acid is added into a reaction kettle. Then, the metallurgical waste acid and magnesium slag are added into the reaction kettle in a weight ratio ranging from 5:1 to 15:1 and are stirred into a mixed waste water. The reaction temperature is the room temperature. Then, a certain amount of sulfuric acid is added into the reaction kettle to control the mixed waste water within a pH range. At last, the mixed waste water is filtered.

A method for processing a metallurgical waste acid, includes the following steps. First, a certain amount of a metallurgical waste acid is added into a reaction kettle. Then, the metallurgical waste acid and magnesium slag are added into the reaction kettle in a weight ratio ranging from 5:1 to 15:1 and are stirred into a mixed waste water. The reaction temperature is the room temperature. Then, a certain amount of sulfuric acid is added into the reaction kettle to control the mixed waste water within a pH range. At last, the mixed waste water is filtered.

A forest fire retardant composition contains a retardant compound that includes a phosphate salt. The phosphate salt may include diammonium phosphate, diammonium orthophosphate, monoammonium phosphate, monoammonium orthophosphate, monosodium phosphate, disodium phosphate, disodium phosphate hydrate, sodium ammonium phosphate, sodium ammonium phosphate hydrate, sodium tripolyphosphate, trisodium phosphate, or dipotassium phosphate, and combinations thereof. The forest fire retardant composition may include an ammonium source. The composition may be in the form of a dry concentrate, a liquid concentrate, or a final diluted product. The final diluted product is effective in suppressing, retarding, and controlling forest fires while exhibiting corrosion resistance and low toxicity.