Activated carbon aqueous solutions

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The most common hydrophobic adsorbents are activated carbon and siUcahte. The latter is of particular interest since the affinity for water is very low indeed the heat of adsorption is even smaller than the latent heat of vaporization (3). It seems clear that the channel stmcture of siUcahte must inhibit the hydrogen bonding between occluded water molecules, thus enhancing the hydrophobic nature of the adsorbent. As a result, siUcahte has some potential as a selective adsorbent for the separation of alcohols and other organics from dilute aqueous solutions (4). 

Reactions. Heating an aqueous solution of malonic acid above 70°C results in its decomposition to acetic acid and carbon dioxide. Malonic acid is a useful tool for synthesizing a-unsaturated carboxyUc acids because of its abiUty to undergo decarboxylation and condensation with aldehydes or ketones at the methylene group. Cinnamic acids are formed from the reaction of malonic acid and benzaldehyde derivatives (1). If aUphatic aldehydes are used acryhc acids result (2). Similarly this facile decarboxylation combined with the condensation with an activated double bond yields a-substituted acetic acid derivatives. For example, 4-thiazohdine acetic acids (2) are readily prepared from 2,5-dihydro-l,3-thiazoles (3). A further feature of malonic acid is that it does not form an anhydride when heated with phosphorous pentoxide [1314-56-3] but rather carbon suboxide [504-64-3] [0=C=C=0], a toxic gas that reacts with water to reform malonic acid. 

Another method employed is the treatment of aqueous solutions of aminophenols with activated carbon (81,82). During this procedure, sodium sulfite, sodium dithionite, or disodium ethylenediaminotetraacetate (82) is added to increase the quaUty and stabiUty of the products and to chelate heavy-metal ions that would catalyze oxidation. Addition of sodium dithionite, hydrazine (82), or sodium hydrosulfite (83) also is recommended during precipitation or crystallization of aminophenols. 

Succinic acid is absorbed from aqueous solutions by anion-exchange resins or active carbon (9—11). Succinic anhydride forms rhombic pyramidal or bipyramidal crystals. It is relatively insoluble in ether, but soluble in boiling chloroform and ethyl acetate. Succinic anhydride reacts with water and alcohols, giving the acid and monoesters, respectively. 

Both batch and continuous processes employ excess sulfur and operate at 85—110°C. Trace amounts of polysulftdes produce a yellow color which iadicates that all the ammonium sulfite has been consumed. Ammonium bisulfite is added to convert the last polysulfide to thiosulfate and the excess ammonia to ammonium sulfite. Concentrations of at least 70% (NH 2S2 3 obtained without evaporation. Excess sulfur is removed by filtration and color is improved with activated carbon treatment or sodium siUcate (66). Upon cooling the aqueous concentrated solution, ammonium thiosulfate crystallines. 

Both kinetic and equilibrium experimental methods are used to characterize and compare adsorption of aqueous pollutants in active carbons. In the simplest kinetic method, the uptake of a pollutant from a static, isothermal solution is measured as a function of time. This approach may also yield equilibrium adsorption data, i.e., amounts adsorbed for different solution concentrations in the limit t —> qo. A more practical kinetic method is a continuous flow reactor, as illustrated in Fig. 5. 

Starek, J., Zukal, A. and Rathousky, J., Comparison of the adsorption of humic acids from aqueous solutions on active carbon and activated charcoal cloths. Carbon, 1994, 32(2), 207 211. 

Brasquet, C., Subrenat, E. and Le Cloirec, P., Selective adsorption on fibrous activated carbon of organics from aqueous solution Correlation between adsorption and moleeular strueture. Water Sci. Technol., 1997, 35(7), 251 259. 

Adsorption, which utilizes the ability of a solid adsorbent to adsorb specific components from a gaseous or a liquid solution onto its surface. Examples of adsorption include the use of granular activated carbon for the removal of ben-zene/toluene/xylene mixtures from underground water, the separation of ketones from aqueous wastes of an oil refinery, aad the recovery of organic solvents from the exhaust gases of polymer manufacturing facilities. Other examples include the use of activated alumina to adsorb fluorides and arsenic from metal-finishing emissions. 

The addition of water across carbon-carbon double bonds, a reaction thoroughly investigated by Lucas and Taft, requires strong activation and is catalyzed by hydrogen ions and hydroxyl ions. Addition of water across the 0= =0 bond of aldehydes has also been studied kinetically. Whereas chloral and formaldehyde are largely hydrated (at equilibrium in dilute aqueous solution), acetaldehyde and other... 

About 250 ml of a reaction mixture obtained by the electrolytic reduction of nitrobenzene in sulfuric acid solution and containing about 23 grams of p-aminophenol by assay is neutralized while at a temperature of 60° to 65°C, to a pH of 4.5 with calcium carbonate. The calcium sulfate precipitate which forms is filtered off, the precipitate washed with hot water at about 65°C and the filtrate and wash water then combined. The solution is then extracted twice with 25 ml portions of benzene and the aqueous phase is treated with 0.5 part by weight, for each part of p-aminophenol present, of activated carbon and the latter filtered off. The activated carbon is regenerated by treatment with hot dilute caustic followed by a hot dilute acid wash, and reused a minimum of three times. 

Aj Preparation of 3-Chloromethyl-6-Chloro-7-Sulfamyl-3,4-Dihydro-Benzothiadizine-1,1-Dioxide—Jo 8 ml of 40-50% chloroacetaldehyde aqueous solution and 7 ml of dimethyl-formamide are added 10 grams of 2,4-disulfamvl-5-chloroaniline. The mixture is heated on a steam bath for 2 hours after which it Is concentrated at reduced pressure. The residue Is triturated with water. The solid material is recrystallized from methanol-ether after-treatment with activated carbon to give 7.2 grams of product, MP 229°-230°C. 

The mixture is refluxed with stirring for ten hours, cooled and filtered. The filtrate is extracted three timas with 200 cc portions of 6 N acetic acid. The aqueous acetic acid solution is then made strongly basic with 10% sodium hydroxide solution, and extracted three times with 200 cc portions of ether. The ether extract is dried with anhydrous sodium sulfate, stirred with 5 g of activated carbon and filtered to provide 2-[p-chloro-a(2-di-methylaminoethoxylbenzyll pyridine in solution. Addition of a solution of 116 g (1 mol) of maleic acid in 1,500 cc of ether gives 323 g (79%) of solid which, on recrystallization from ethyl acetate, gives white solid 2-[p-chloro-a(2-dimethvlaminoethoxv)benzyl] pyridine maleate melting at 117° to 119°C. 

The crude benzhydryl ether was a clear reddish oil. It was dissolved in 75 ml of 20% hydrochloric acid and the aqueous acid solution then washed three times with 50 ml portions each of ethyl ether. The aqueous acid solution was then decolorized with activated carbon and thereafter slowly admixed with 75 ml of 28% aqueous ammonia. The benzhydryl ether separated as an oily material and was removed from the aqueous mixture by extraction with three 50 ml portions of ethyl ether. 

The methionine nitrile (20 g) is dissolved in a solution prepared from 50 ml of aqueous 5N sodium hydroxide solution and 65 ml of ethanol. The solution is then refluxed for 24 hours ammonia is evolved. The solution is treated with activated carbon, filtered, acidified with glacial acetic acid (17 ml), chilled to -10°C and filtered to give crude product. This crude product is then slurried with a solution made up of 20 ml of water and 20 ml of methanol, filtered at -5° to -H0°C and dried to give dl-methionine as white platelets. 

This medium was incubated in a 100 gallon stainless steel fermentor, at 24°C with sparged air being introduced at the rate of 50 C/min and with agitation by an impeller. After 66 hours of fermentation the beer was harvested. To 100 gal Ions of harvested beer was added 17 pounds of diatomite, and 35 pounds of activated carbon. The mixture was stirred well and then filtered, the cake was water-washed with 10 gal Ions of tap water, and then washed with 25 gallons of acetone followed by 30 gallons of 1 1 aqueous acetone. The acetone solutions of strepto-zotocin were pooled and dried in vacuo to 3.88 pounds. 

C) Preparation of 6-Allyl-7-Hydroxy-4,8-Dimethylcoumarin 7-Allyloxy-4,8-dimethyl-coumarin (195.0 g, 0.84 mol) was heated (oil bath) to 215 4°C (reaction mixture temperature) for 3 hours and was then poured into absolute alcohol (ca 1.5 liters). Activated carbon (Norite) (19.5 g) was added, and the solution was heated to boiling, filtered, and diluted with excess water (ca 12 liters). The product was collected by filtration and partially dried at 70°C for 6 hours. 6-Allyl-7-hydroxy-4,8-dimethylcoumarin was obtained as pale yellow microcrystalline prisms, MP 166° to 168°C, by two recrystallizations from aqueous ethanol of a portion of the partially dried solid. The remaining partially dried solid was used in the next step. 

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