Aluminum Oxide Precipitates

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Percent Excess Mass over Final Reference Value 

3 C Method A (Urea-Basic Sulfate Method) 1%) Method B (Urea-Basic Succinate Method) (%) Method C lUrea Method)b (%) Method D (Ammonium Hydroxide Method) (%) 

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Aluminum is produced according to the Hall-Heroult process [42-44]. At the cathode, AlxFy species are reduced and lead to liquid aluminum. As the electrolysis proceeds, the metal from the aluminum oxide precipitates at the bottom of the cell. At the anode, oxygen evolution takes place producing carbon dioxide/monoxide and hence resulting in current and performance losses [42-44]. 

The ability of mineralized soil to control the migration of aluminum was observed in another study. Acidic leachate from coal waste containing aluminum was percolated through soil containing varying amounts of calcium carbonate (Wangen and Jones 1984). Soluble aluminum was found to decrease dramatically as the pH of the percolating leachate increased and aluminum oxide precipitates formed at pH 6, no dissolved aluminum was measured. The authors concluded that alkalinized carbonaceous soils provide the best control material for acidic leachates from coal mineral wastes. 

Li JL, Inui T. Characterization of precursors of methanol synthesis catalysts, copper zinc aluminum oxides, precipitated at different pHs and temperatures. Appl Catal A Gen. 1996 137(1) 105 17. 

Table 4.3. Effect of Ignition Temperatures on the Weights of Aluminum Oxide Precipitates Obtained by Different Methods (26)...

A commercial process which uses hydrothermal leaching on a large scale is the Bayer process for production of aluminum oxide (see Aluminum compounds). This process is used to extract and precipitate high grade alurninum hydroxide (gibbsite [14762-49-3]) from bauxite [1318-16-7] ore. The hydrothermal process step is the extraction step in which concentrated sodium hydroxide is used to form a soluble sodium aluminate complex ... 

Magnesium nitrate is prepared by dissolving magnesium oxide, hydroxide, or carbonate in nitric acid, followed by evaporation and crystallization at room temperature. Impurities such as calcium, iron, and aluminum are precipitated by pretreatment of the solution with slight excess of magnesium oxide, followed by filtration. Most magnesium nitrate is manufactured and used on site in other processes. 

Aluminum acetylsaHcylate is a tasteless, nonbasic, stable, alternative therapeutic salt to aspirin (83). Also called aluminum aspirin, it is an insoluble white to off-white powder prepared by reaction of aluminum isopropoxide with sodium acetylsaHcylate in an organic solvent. The product precipitates from the reaction mixture (83). Standards requke that aluminum aspirin contain not less than the equivalent of 80% aspirin, corresponding to 90% purity on an anhydrous basis. The aluminum oxide assay must be 12—17% (81). 

This compound was boiled with 12 g of dry piperidine in 120 ml of absolute benzene for 12 hours under reflux, a total of 6 g of piperidine hydrochloride being separated out. This was filtered off and the benzene solution was concentrated by evaporation. The residue was taken up in a little chloroform and the solution was applied to a dry aluminum oxide column (according to Brockmann) it was thereafter extracted with chloroform. After concentrating the solution by evaporation, an oil was obtained, which was taken up in absolute diethylether. Introduction of dry HCI gas into the cooled solution gave a precipitate which was dissolved and allowed to crystallize from isopropanol/ether. MP 193° to 199°C. 

Another use for sulfuric acid is in water treatment. Aluminum sulfate, which is produced by treating sulfuric acid with aluminum oxide, is a top-50 industrial chemical because of its widespread use as a coagulant. Addition of AI2 (804)3 Ca(OH)2 generates a gelatinous precipitate of aluminum hydroxide mixed with calcium sulfate AI2 (804)3 ) (OH)2 (tJ ( ) A Al (OH)3 (. ) + CaS04(.S ) The gel traps finely suspended... 

Porous aluminum oxide can be used as a template for the production of nanowires and nanotubes. For example, metals can be deposited on the pore walls by the following procedures deposition from the gas phase, precipitation from solution by electrochemical reduction or with chemical reducing agents, or by pyrolysis of substances that have previously been introduced into the pores. Wires are obtained when the pore diameters are 25 nm, and tubes from larger pores the walls of the tubes can be as thin as 3 nm. For example, nanowires and nanotubes of nickel, cobalt, copper or silver can be made by electrochemical deposition. Finally, the aluminum oxide template can be removed by dissolution with a base. 

As pH rises, the metal content of drainage water tends to decrease. Some metals precipitate directly from solution to form oxide, hydroxide, and oxy-hydroxide phases. Iron and aluminum are notable is this regard. They initially form colloidal and suspended phases known as hydrous ferric oxide (hfo, FeOOH n O) and hydrous aluminum oxide (HAO, AlOOH nH.2O), both of which are highly soluble under acidic conditions but nearly insoluble at near-neutral pH. 

Metal cations are Ba, Na, or Al. Some grades are precipitated onto aluminum oxide hydrate. 

P.R.66, a barium salt, is sold only in the USA. The pigment is also available as an aluminum oxide hydrate precipitate. Its shade is considered a brilliant medium red, which is somewhat yellower than that of the chemically related P.R.67. Commercial types of P.R.66 are very transparent. The pigment is highly sensitive to acid, alkali, and soap. Its fastness to organic solvents is poor, its fastness to overcoating as well. P.R.66 exhibits limited lightfastness. Its main application is in metal deco printing. 

P.R.67, a barium salt, is also available in the form of an aluminum oxide hydrate precipitate. Its shade is bluer compared to the chemically related P.R.66, it is referred to as a bright bluish red. Commercial types are transparent and tinctorially strong. P.R.67 is used especially in metal deco printing. The prints do not tolerate acid, alkali, or soap. They show only limited fastness to organic solvents and to... 

All of these compounds were originally precipitated onto aluminum oxide hydrate, which served as a carrier. This applies accordingly to hydroxyanthraquinone sulfonic acids. 

A number of reagents containing oxide components are used in zeolite manufacture [19]. Silica is provided by addihon of sodium or other alkali silicate solutions, precipitated, colloidal, or fumed silica, or tetraalkylorthosihcate (alkyl = methyl, ethyl) and certain mineral silicates such as clays and kaolin. Alumina is provided as sodium aluminate, aluminum sulfate soluhon, hydrous aluminum oxides such as pseudo boehmite, aluminum nitrate, or aluminum alkoxides. Additional alkali is added as hydroxide or as halide salts, while organic amines and/or... 

Reacts with caustic soda solution forming gelatinous precipitate of aluminum hydroxide (hydrous aluminum oxide) yields aluminum monobasic stearate, A1(OH)2[OOC(CH2)i6CH3] when its solution is mixed with a solution of sodium stearate. 

The production of aluminum actually involves several steps. Bauxite is the ore that contains aluminum oxide (Al Oj) used to produce aluminum. Impurities of iron, sulfur, silicon and other elements are removed from bauxite using the Bayer process to produce purified alumina. The Bayer process, patented in 1887 by Austrian Karl Josef Bayer (1847-1904), involves pulverizing bauxite and treating it with a hot sodium hydroxide solution to produce sodium alu-minate (NaA102). Sodium aluminate is then placed in a reactor in which temperature and pressure can be varied to precipitate out impurities. The sodium aluminate solution is then hydrolyzed to produce purified alumina ... 

Activated carbon, silica gel, and alumina are the most popular adsorbent materials in industry due to the fact that they provide large surface areas per unit weight. Activated carbon is produced from coconut shell, wood, and bone, whereas silica gel is made of hydrated silicon dioxide. Alumina can be either mined or produced by precipitated aluminum oxide and hydroxide. In the following sections, the most important adsorbents are presented in detail. 

There is no stable entity Al2+(aq) to compare with Fe2+(aq) consequently, the mechanism that causes rust to be nonprotective because of migration of Fe2+(aq) through the water before precipitation as FeO(OH) does not apply to aluminum, on which Al(OH)3 or AIO(OH) forms, at once, on the anodic site. Conversely, removal of the protective aluminum oxide film cannot occur by the reductive dissolution mechanism described for iron. 

Hydroxide Aluminum hydroxide Al(OH>3, white gelatinous precipitate, by reaction of soluble, aluminum salt solution and an alkali hydroxide, carbonate or sulfide (sodium aluminate is formed with excess NaOH but no reaction with excess NH4OH). upon heating aluminum hydroxide the residue formed is aluminum oxide. Used as intermediate substance in transforming bauxite into pure aluminum oxide. 

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