Electrolytic decomposition with permselective diaphragms

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A PROCESS FOR EFFECTING THE ELECTROLYTIC DECOMPOSITION OF SALTS OF ORGANIC ALIPHATIC ACIDS WHICH COMPRISES: INTRODUCING THE SALT TO BE ELECTROLYZED INTO THE THIRD COMPARTMENT OF A MULTICOMPARTMENT ELECTROLYTIC CELL, SAID CELL HAVING A FIRST COMPARTMENT CONTAINING AN ANODE IN CONTACT WITH LIQUID ELECTROLYTE, A SECOND COMPARTMENT ADJACENT TO THE ANODE COMPARTMENT CONTAINING THE ORGANIC ALIPHATIC ACID RESULTING FROM THE ELECTROLYSIS OF SAID SALT AND A CATHODE COMPARTMENT CONTAINING A CATHODE IN CONTACT WITH LIQUID ELECTROLYTE, SAID LIQUID ELECTROLYTE CONTAINING THE CATION RESULTING FROM THE ELECTROLYSIS OF SAID SALT, INTERPOSING A CATIONIC PERMSELECTIVE DIAPHRAGM BETWEEN THE FIRST COMPARTMENT AND THE SECOND COMPARTMENT CONTAINING THE ORGANIC ALIPHATIC ACID AND INTERPOSING AN ANIONIC PERMSELECTIVE DIAPHRAGM BETWEEN THE SECOND COMPARTMENT AND THE THIRD COMPARTMENT CONTAINING THE SALT OF THE ORGANIC ALIPHATIC ACID, MAINTAINING THE DIAPHRAGMS WET WITH ELECTROLYTE, IMPRESSING A VOLTAGE ACROSS SAID ELECTRODES AND RECOVERING THE PRODUCTS OF ELECTROLYSIS SO PRODUCED.