Calcium thiosulfate, shown in a previous paper, is available as an accelerator on the hydration of portland cement. The compound is made by using SO
2 and S as raw materials. Therefore, manufacture of CaS
2O
3 can be applied as a use of SO
2 from exhaust gases and of S from heavy oils.
In present paper, a foregoing studies for making CaS
2O
3 are reviewed and new methods are examined A reasonable method of a foregoing studies is that through the reaction between CaSO
3 and S. The reaction, however, in which a reciprocal reaction predominates with increasing reaction temperature.
The formation of MgS
2O
3 by the reaction between MgSO
3 and S is accelerated with increasing reaction temperature. As Mg
++ in MgS
2O
3 easily replaced by Ca
++, a concentrated solution of CaS
2O
3 and Mg (OH)
2 are simultaneouly produced, by adding slaked lime milk or slaked dolomite milk to concentrated solution of MgS
2O
3.
Besides, calcium thiosulfate is supposed to use not only as an accelerator on the hydration of portland cement, but also as an agent in drifting process of natural pulp and as an insecticide of limesulfure system. Magnesium hydroxide is an important raw material for refractories.
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