Acid deposition solution

Other Metals. Ruthenium, the least expensive of the platinum group, is the second best electrical conductor, has the hardest deposit, and has a high melting point. A general purpose bath uses 5.3 g/L of mthenium as the sulfamate salt with 8 g/L sulfamic acid, and is operated at 25—60°C with a pH of 1—2. Osmium has been plated from acid chloride solutions (130) and iridium from bromide solutions, but there are no known appHcations for these baths. 

Two grams of the oU are saponified the portion insoluble in water separated by shaking with ether, and the aqueous solution neutralised with acetic acid. The solution is dUuted to 50 c.c. and 10 c.c. of cold saturated solution of barium chloride added. It is then warmed for two hours on a water-bath and allowed to cool. If a crystalline deposit is formed, the oil is to be considered adulterated, as the acids contained in normal lavender oil, acetic and butyric acids, give soluble barium salts. It is evident that this test will only detect those acids whose barium salts are insoluble. A more comprehensive test is therefore needed, as several other esters have since been employed for adulteration purposes. Glycerin acetate, prepared by the acetylation of glycerine, was first de-... 

If no depolariser is added to an acidic chloride solution, corrosion of the anode occurs and the dissolved platinum is deposited on the cathode, leading to erroneous results and to destruction of the anode. A number of metals (for example, zinc and bismuth) should not be deposited on a platinum surface. 

When a deposit is tested with concentrated HC1, then made alkaline to precipitate iron, and finally the solution is filtered, the presence of copper is indicated by a clear blue color in the filtrate. Also, if a lightly sanded nail is inserted into the acid test solution, any copper present will plate out on the nail. 

Using Environmental Examples to Teach About Acids. Acid-base reactions are usually presented to secondary students as examples of aqueous equilibrium (2). In their study of acids and bases, students are expected to master the characteristic properties and reactions. They are taught to test the acidity of solutions, identify familiar acids and label them as strong or weak. The ionic dissociation of water, the pH scale and some common reactions of acids are also included in high school chemistry. All of these topics may be illustrated with examples related to acid deposition (5). A lesson plan is presented in Table I. 

The induced co-deposition concept has been successfully exemplified in the formation of metal selenides and tellurides (sulfur has a different behavior) by a chalcogen ion diffusion-limited process, carried out typically in acidic aqueous solutions of oxochalcogenide species containing quadrivalent selenium or tellurium and metal salts with the metal normally in its highest valence state. This is rather the earliest and most studied method for electrodeposition of compound semiconductors [1]. For MX deposition, a simple (4H-2)e reduction process may be considered to describe the overall reaction at the cathode, as for example in... 

On account of the fact that the electrode potential of molybdenum is more negative than the discharge potential of hydrogen, principle difficulties arise to cathodically electrodeposit molybdenum chalcogenide films from aqueous solutions. Theoretically, the deposition of pure molybdenum by electrolytic reduction of molybdates in acidic aqueous solutions is possible according to the reaction... 

Cathodic deposition of lead sulfide from acidic aqueous solutions of Pb(II) ions (nitrate salts mainly) and Na2S203 on various metallic substrates at room temperature has been reported. Stoichiometric PbS films composed of small crystallites (estimated XRD diameter 13 nm) of RS structure were obtained at constant potential on Ti [204]. Also, single-phase, polycrystalline thin films of RS PbS were electrode-posited potentiostatically on Ti, Al, and stainless steel (SS) [205]. It was found that the Al and Ti substrates promoted growth of PbS with prominent (200) and (111)... 

The optical properties of electrodeposited, polycrystalline CdTe have been found to be similar to those of single-crystal CdTe [257]. In 1982, Fulop et al. [258] reported the development of metal junction solar cells of high efficiency using thin film (4 p,m) n-type CdTe as absorber, electrodeposited from a typical acidic aqueous solution on metallic substrate (Cu, steel, Ni) and annealed in air at 300 °C. The cells were constructed using a Schottky barrier rectifying junction at the front surface (vacuum-deposited Au, Ni) and a (electrodeposited) Cd ohmic contact at the back. Passivation of the top surface (treatment with KOH and hydrazine) was seen to improve the photovoltaic properties of the rectifying junction. The best fabricated cell comprised an efficiency of 8.6% (AMI), open-circuit voltage of 0.723 V, short-circuit current of 18.7 mA cm, and a fill factor of 0.64. 

It seems likely that the mixing of acid sulfate solution with nearly neutral low salinity Au-bearing fluids seems the most likely mechanism for the formation of epithermal Au-Ag vein-type deposits. 

Finally, nickel is electrolytically produced from the purified nickel-bearing solution. In electrowinning of nickel, the hydrogen discharge reaction competes with nickel deposition at the cathode. This counterproductive effect is minimized by keeping the acidic anolyte solution separate from the catholyte by means of a diaphragm cloth. 

It was observed in those cases in which the oxidation was arrested too soon that an appreciable amount of silver chloride was deposited when the solution was concentrated. Furthermore, the mother liquor, when treated with phenyl-hydrazine in acetic acid, deposited some yellow crystalline D,L-mannose phenylhydrazone, m. p. 195-200° (Maquenne block). It is apparent that too vigorous oxidation results in the formation of hexoses. 

Ideally, CdTe could be formed using reductive UPD of Te and Cd. If, however, acidic HTeOj solutions are used, reductive Te UPD requires a potential of near 0.0 V (Figure 9B) in order to avoid bulk deposition. Cd UPD is optimal between —0.4 and —0.6 V. Cd atomic layers, however, will strip during the Te deposition step. On the other hand, Te can be deposited at —0.5 V, where the Cd remains stable, but some bulk Te is formed along with the Te(UPD) ... 

Schmidt, Alkire and Gewirth reported an extensive in-situ AFM study of copper deposits formed in acid sulfate solution, containing 0.05 M CuSCL, with and without additives [74], The applied current density was 0.8 mA/cm2. Without additive, the... 

Cr-Al, Mn-Al, and Ti-Al alloys can be obtained from acidic melt solutions containing Cr(II), Mn(II), or Ti(II), respectively, only if the deposition potential is held very close to or slightly negative of the thermodynamic potential for the electrodeposition of aluminum, i.e., 0 V. From these observations it can be concluded that the formal potentials of the Cr(II)/Cr, Mn(II)/Mn, and Ti(II)/Ti couples may be equal to or less than E0 for the A1(III)/A1 couple. Unlike the Ag-Al, Co-Al, Cu-Al, Fe-Al, and Ni-Al alloys discussed above, bulk electrodeposits of Cr-Al, Mn-Al, and Ti-Al that contain substantial amounts of A1 can often be prepared because problems associated with the thermodynamic instability of these alloys in the plating solution are absent. The details of each of the alloy systems are discussed below. 

PROFILE is a biogeochemical model developed specially to calculate the influence of acid depositions on soil as a part of an ecosystem. The sets of chemical and biogeochemical reactions implemented in this model are (1) soil solution equilibrium, (2) mineral weathering, (3) nitrification and (4) nutrient uptake. Other biogeochemical processes affect soil chemistry via boundary conditions. However, there are many important physical soil processes and site conditions such as convective transport of solutes through the soil profile, the almost total absence of radial water flux (down through the soil profile) in mountain soils, the absence of radial runoff from the profile in soils with permafrost, etc., which are not implemented in the model and have to be taken into account in other ways. 

Sato, K., Wakamatsu, K., Takahashi, A. (1998). Changes in distribution of aluminum species in soil solution due to acidification // Bashkin, V. N., Park, Soon-Ung (Eds.). Acid Deposition and Ecosystem Sensitivity in East Asia. New York Nova Science Publishers, Ltd., pp. 125-142. 

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