Cadmium tests

Lead Determine as directed under the Cadmium Test (above), except substitute lead for cadmium, and use the following for the Stock Solution and the Standard Solutions ... 

Procedure Following the manufacturer s instructions for operating the atomic absorption spectrophotometer, aspirate a suitable portion of the Standard Solution through the flame. In a similar manner, aspirate a suitable portion of the Sample Solution. Any absorbance produced by the Sample Solution should not exceed that produced by the Standard Solution. Mercury Determine as directed under the Cadmium Test (above), except substitute mercury for cadmium, and use the following for the Stock Solution and the Standard Solutions ... 

For urine use high density polyethene containers thoroughly cleaned with Suprapur quality nitric acid and bidistilled water 1 + 10. The container must be tested to deliver less than 10% extraneous amounts of cadmium. Test may be performed with a 1% v/v solution of nitric acid (e.g. Suprapur quality) in bidistilled water. Do not use glassware. 

Dilead hexacyanokisferrate [14402-61 -0] Pb2[Fe(CN)g], is a white precipitate that forms when lead acetate is added to Ca2[Fe(CN)g]. It is insoluble in water or dilute acids but is soluble in hot ammonium chloride or ammonium succinate solutions. It has been used as a quaUtative analytical reagent in tests for cadmium and chromate. 

Analysis of zinc solutions at the purification stage before electrolysis is critical and several metals present in low concentrations are monitored carefully. Methods vary from plant to plant but are highly specific and usually capable of detecting 0.1 ppm or less. Colorimetric process-control methods are used for cobalt, antimony, and germanium, turbidimetric methods for cadmium and copper. Alternatively, cadmium, cobalt, and copper are determined polarographicaHy, arsenic and antimony by a modified Gutzeit test, and nickel with a dimethylglyoxime spot test. 

Attack on metals can be a function of fuel components as well as of water and oxygen. Organic acids react with cadmium plating and 2inc coatings. Traces of H2S and free sulfur react with silver used in older piston pumps and with copper used in bearings and brass fittings. Specification limits by copper and silver strip corrosion tests are requited for fuels to forestall these reactions. 

A number of manufacturers started commercial production of nickel—MH cells in 1991 (31—35). The initial products are "AA"-size, "Sub-C", and "C -size cells constmcted in a fashion similar to small sealed nickel —cadmium cells. Table 6 compares the Ovonics experimental cell and a similar sized nickel—cadmium cell. Ovonics also deUvered experimental electric vehicle cells, 22 A-h size, for testing. The charge—discharge of "AA" cells produced in Japan (Matsushita) are compared in Figure 22. 

The reproducibility of test results between labs using the neutral salt spray tests has not been consistent, but the repeatability, within one lab, is better, and the test has value in comparing variations in coating systems. Correlation of hours of exposure in the salt spray test to actual performance of the plated part in service, even in marine atmospheres, is not consistent and usually avoided. A classic example is that cadmium deposits outlast zinc deposits on steel in salt spray tests and clean marine atmospheres, yet zinc outlasts cadmium when exposed to real, industrial atmospheres, because of the presence of sulfur-bearing corrodents in industrial environments. An important variable in salt spray testing is the position of the surface to be tested. Whereas the surface of test panels is specified to be 15—30° from the vertical (40), when salt spray testing chromated zinc-plated specimens, this range has appeared excessive (41). 

Analysis methods for hydrogen absorbed in the deposit have been described (65), and instmments are commercially available to detect hydrogen in metals. Several working tests have been devised that put plated specimens under strain and measure the time to failure. A method for cadmium-plated work has been described (66) as has a mechanical test method for evaluating treatments on AlSl 4340 Steel (67). Additional information on testing for hydrogen embrittlement is also available (68). 

Salt spray tests, humidity tests, and other accelerated tests, some usiag sulfur dioxide and carbon dioxide, have shown favorable results for tin—2inc ia comparison with 2iac, cadmium, and fin deposits. Chromating improves the performance. 

A.STME326, Std. Test Methodfor Electronic Hydrogen Embrittlement Testfor Cadmium ElectroplatingProcesses, American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Cadmium, being anodic to steel, behaves quite similarly to zinc in providing corrosion protection when apphea as a coating on steel. Tests of zinc and cadmium coatings should be conducted when it becomes necessaiy to determine the most economical selection for a particular environment. 

Brombenztiazo (BBT) is known to be one of the best reagents for extraction-photometric determination of cadmium(II). The reagent also fonus complexes with Co(II), Cu(II), Fe(II), Ni(II), Zn(II). The aim of this work was to develop a solid-phase reagent on the base of BBT immobilized on silica gel for sorption-spectroscopic and visual test determination of Cadmium, and also for soi ption-atomic-adsoi ption determination of total heavy metals contents in natural waters. 

Medically evaluating, training, qualifying, and fit-testing workers for specific respirator types, checking 29 CFR 1910, Subpart Z, Toxic and Hazardous Substances, for any special respiratory protection requirements (e.g., for asbestos, lead, or cadmium) [3]... 

Into a conical flask, pipette a 50.0 or 100.0 mL aliquot of the solution and adjust the pH to 1-2 with aqueous ammonia solution (use pH test-paper). Add five drops of xylenol orange indicator and titrate with additional 0.05 M EDTA until the colour changes sharply from red to yellow. This gives the bismuth content. Record the total (combined) volume of EDTA solution used. Now add small amounts of hexamine (ca 5g) until an intense red-violet coloration persists, and titrate with the standard EDTA to a yellow end point the further consumption of EDTA corresponds to the lead-plus-cadmium content. 

If the pellet contains a mixture of silver sulphide and silver chloride (or bromide or iodide), the electrode acquires a potential which is determined by the activity of the appropriate halide ion in the test solution. Likewise, if the pellet contains silver sulphide together with the insoluble sulphide of copper(II), cadmium) II), or lead) II), we produce electrodes which respond to the activity of the appropriate metal ion in a test solution. 

One version of the microporous, filled polyethylene separator ( PowerSep ) [113], which is so successful in the lead-acid battery, is also being tested in nickel-cadmium batteries. This separator is manu-... 

Cadmium. It is ranked between the Cu and Ba salts in expl effect in lead plate test when primed with MF (Ref 7)... 

Comparative tests performed on a Ro-Tap unit, a vibrating unit (Sonic Sifter — Allen-Bradley), and the Alpine Air Jet Sieve are shown in Figs 6 and 7. Fig 6 is a powdered cement Fig 7 is cadmium stearate, a waxlike material which clogs easily. These separations were all made on a 42 micron mesh sieve. These tests showed that the Alpine Jet Sieve effected good separations in a matter of minutes compared with the much longer times required for the other systems... 

Seif-Test 12.10B Use the tables in Appendix 2B to calculate the solubility product of cadmium hydroxide, Cd(OH)2. 

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