Inventors:
Robert A. Jones - South Charleston WV
Arthur E. Marcinkowsky - Charleston WV
George E. Keller - South Charleston WV
Assignee:
Union Carbide Corporation - New York NY
International Classification:
G01D 5334
Abstract:
A process is disclosed for the purification of an inert or non-reacting gas such as lower mono-olefins by the removal of trace amounts of reacting impurities such as carbon dioxide therefrom, comprising passing said gas through an essentially non-aqueous liquid solution of alkali or alkaline earth metal hydroxides and/or weak acid salts and certain selected liquid polyhydric alcohols.