FIELD: chemistry.
SUBSTANCE: method of separating acrylic and benzoic acid contained in a gas mixture of products of partial oxidation into acrylic acid, during which acrylic and benzoic acid are first converted to a liquid phase from which, using a thermal separation technique, components with lower boiling point than benzoic and acrylic acid are then separated and acrylic acid is then separated from the remaining liquid phase by crystallisation. The method does not require energy consuming separation techniques. There is basically no fusion of benzoic acid into a crystal during crystallisation, which forms the basis of marked efficiency of the procedure according to the disclosed method.
EFFECT: less energy consuming separation technique.
22 cl, 1 ex, 1 tbl
