Aqueous solubility recoveries

Solvents used in liquid membranes should have special characteristics such as low aqueous solubility, as a thin film of solvent is in contact with large volumes of aqueous solutions, and low viscosity to provide large diffusion coefficients in the liquid membrane. Furthermore, the analyte should have large partition coefficients between the donor and the membrane phase to give good extraction recovery and, at the same time, interfering substances in the sample should have low partition coefficients for efficient cleanup. 

Average recoveries for model compounds from five repetitive 500-L experiments are shown in Tables I and II. Table I lists data for the low-to-medium polarity organics (broadly classified by retention through more than half of the reverse-phase HPLC gradient) of low aqueous solubility, whereas Table II summarizes data for the organic acids and hydrophilic neutrals of higher polarity. Although these are not... 

The reason for using a concentrated solution of alkali is to keep the final total volume of aqueous solution to a minimum to facilitate the subsequent recovery of the basic components. If no precipitate is visible but the aroma of an amine is noticeable, this implies some degree of water solubility recovery is then best attempted using one of the continuous extraction techniques. 

The parent compounds and the metabolites have very low aqueous, solubility. They have proven difficult to extract from some matrices the current method for ivermectin involves some 41 concentration and clean-up steps preceding HPLC (8). A Merck method for recovering abamectin residues from strawberries and formation of fluorescent derivatives for HPLC analysis has 18 separate steps (9). A recently published two-step solid-phase recovery procedure for ivermectin from serum indicates that it is possible to combine an abbreviated concentration and cleanup method with a sensitive and specific detection system in this case, liquid chromatography (10). An immunoassay for avermectins that could be interfaced with simplified residue recovery protocols is a promising solution to the intensifying demands on regulatory agencies to monitor these compounds. 

These compounds are examples of nonionic, polar herbicide metabolites (Fig. 7.15). The examples shown below are degradation products of the triazine compounds shown in Section 7.10.4. They are nonionic compounds that are formed in soil by the dealkylation of the parent compounds. They are considerably more soluble than the parent compounds with aqueous solubilities equal to or greater than 1000 mg/L. Therefore, the sorbent to choose in this case is the styrene-divinylbenzene or graphitized carbon. The compounds are soluble in ethyl acetate or methanol, either of which may be used as an elution solvent. The C-18 sorbent may also be used with good recovery of either deethylatrazine or deisopropylatrazine, but with no recovery of the didealky-latrazine. 

Low emulsion-forming tendency Low aqueous solubility Non-environmentally hazardous Non-toxic for humans Available in bulk quantities at low cost Physical-chemical stability Allowing for easy product recovery Non-biodegradable... 

A. Bahadori, H.B. Vuthaluru, S. Mokhatab 2009. Simple correlation accurately predicts aqueous solubility of light alkanes. Journal of Energy Sources, Part A Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects 31, 761-766. 

The chlorides, bromides, nitrates, bromates, and perchlorate salts ate soluble in water and, when the aqueous solutions evaporate, precipitate as hydrated crystalline salts. The acetates, iodates, and iodides ate somewhat less soluble. The sulfates ate sparingly soluble and ate unique in that they have a negative solubitity trend with increasing temperature. The oxides, sulfides, fluorides, carbonates, oxalates, and phosphates ate insoluble in water. The oxalate, which is important in the recovery of lanthanides from solutions, can be calcined directly to the oxide. This procedure is used both in analytical and industrial apptications. 

Transportation and Disposal. Only highly alkaline forms of soluble sihcates are regulated by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) as hazardous materials for transportation. When discarded, these ate classified as hazardous waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Typical members of this class are sodium sihcate solutions having sihca-to-alkah ratios of less than 1.6 and sodium sihcate powders with ratios of less than 1.0. In the recommended treatment and disposal method, the soluble sihcates are neutralized with aqueous acid (6 Af or equivalent), and the resulting sihca gel is disposed of according to local, state, and federal regulations. The neutral hquid, a salt solution, can be flushed iato sewer systems (86). 

The most commonly used remediation technique for the recovery of organic contaminants from ground water has been pump- and-treat, which recovers contaminants dissolved in the aqueous phase. In this regard, the application of carbon adsorption has found extensive, but not exclusive use. Vacuum extraction (also called soil venting) has also become popular for removal of volatile organic contaminants from the unsaturated zone in the gaseous phase. Both of these techniques can, in the initial remediation phase, rapidly recover contaminants at concentrations approximately equal to the solubility limit (pump-and-treat), or the maximum gas phase concentration of the contaminant (vacuum extraction). The... 

Many of the most important naturally occurring minerals and ores of the metallic elements are sulfides (p. 648), and the recovery of metals from these ores is of major importance. Other metal sulfides, though they do not occur in nature, can be synthesized by a variety of preparative methods, and many have important physical or chemical properties which have led to their industrial production. Again, the solubility relations of metal sulfides in aqueous solution form the basis of the most widely used scheme of elementary qualitative analysis. These various more general considerations will be briefly discussed before the systematic structural chemistry of metal sulfides is summarized. 

If the desired product is fairly water soluble, simple extraction into organic solvents may not be an efficient means of recovery. In that case, continuous extraction of the aqueous solution with an organic solvent may be necessary to effect the recovery. Either of two types of apparatus are normally employed, and the correct design depends on the density of the organic solvent. For solvents less dense than water, the apparatus should be set up as in Fig. A3.11a. The barrel of the extractor is charged with the... 

The major advantage of the use of two-phase catalysis is the easy separation of the catalyst and product phases. FFowever, the co-miscibility of the product and catalyst phases can be problematic. An example is given by the biphasic aqueous hydro-formylation of ethene to propanal. Firstly, the propanal formed contains water, which has to be removed by distillation. This is difficult, due to formation of azeotropic mixtures. Secondly, a significant proportion of the rhodium catalyst is extracted from the reactor with the products, which prevents its efficient recovery. Nevertheless, the reaction of ethene itself in the water-based Rh-TPPTS system is fast. It is the high solubility of water in the propanal that prevents the application of the aqueous biphasic process [5]. 

In comparison with classical processes involving thermal separation, biphasic techniques offer simplified process schemes and no thermal stress for the organometal-lic catalyst. The concept requires that the catalyst and the product phases separate rapidly, to achieve a practical approach to the recovery and recycling of the catalyst. Thanks to their tunable solubility characteristics, ionic liquids have proven to be good candidates for multiphasic techniques. They extend the applications of aqueous biphasic systems to a broader range of organic hydrophobic substrates and water-sensitive catalysts [48-50]. 

In previous works [18-20,23,102] water-soluble polymers such as polyacrylamide (pAM), polysodium acrylate (pAA Na), poly(acrylamide-sodium acrylate) (pAM-AA Na), poly(acrylamide-diallyethylamine-hy-drochloride) (pAM-DAEA-HCl), and poly(acrylamide-sodium acrylate-diallyethylamine-hydrochloride) (pAM-AANa-DAEA-HCl) were used in the recovery of cations and some radioactive isotopes from aqueous solutions. It was found that the floe is formed between the added polymer and ions of the solution in the flocculation process with the formation of a crosslinked structure. The formed cross-linked structure is characterized by [103-105] ... 

The compound is very soluble in most organic solvents. In order to get a high recovery, it is necessary to complete the crystallization in the deep freeze. From aqueous ethanol the aldehyde crystallized in high yield as the hemihydrate, m.p. 95°. 

Lithocholic add costs 2 or 3 times more than cholesterol. Thus, although the yields are slightly lower with cholesterol, it is cheaper to use it Furthermore, cholesterol is more widely available and in greater quantities than lithocholic add. These two factors tend to favour the use of cholesterol. Lithocholic add does have the advantages, however, of being more water soluble and is, therefore, more easily supplied to cultures in aqueous media. The costs of recovery of die desired product from the reaction brew are also commercially important. The point we are making in this in-text activity is that in selecting a substrate we need to consider more than simply the conversion effidency and the cost of the substrate. 

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