Calcium Chloride Association

The main function of the Calcium Chloride Association, of Washington, D. C., is research and distribution of information on uses of calcium chloride. To this end, a bimonthly publication. Calcium Chloride Association News 25) is issued. 

Calcium Chloride Association News, Calcium Chloride Association, Washington, D.C., bi-... 

Formation of emissions from fluidised-bed combustion is considerably different from that associated with grate-fired systems. Flyash generation is a design parameter, and typically >90% of all soHds are removed from the system as flyash. SO2 and HCl are controlled by reactions with calcium in the bed, where the lime-stone fed to the bed first calcines to CaO and CO2, and then the lime reacts with sulfur dioxide and oxygen, or with hydrogen chloride, to form calcium sulfate and calcium chloride, respectively. SO2 and HCl capture rates of 70—90% are readily achieved with fluidi2ed beds. The limestone in the bed plus the very low combustion temperatures inhibit conversion of fuel N to NO. ... 

Standard Specifications for Calcium Chloride, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, 14th ed.. Part I, M144-86, Washington, D.C., 1986, pp. 209-211. 

Calcium Chloride, 2nd ed.. Standard B550-90, American Water Works Association, Denver, Colo., 1990. 

For acute symptomatic hypocalcemia, 200 to 300 mg of elemental calcium is administered IV and repeated until symptoms are fully controlled. This is achieved by infusing 1 g of calcium chloride or 2 to 3 grams of calcium at a rate no faster than 30 to 60 mg of elemental calcium per minute. More rapid administration is associated with hypotension, bradycardia, or cardiac asystole. Total calcium concentration is commonly monitored in critically ill patients. Under normal circumstances, about half of calcium is loosely bound to serum proteins while the other half is free. Total calcium concentration measures bound and free calcium. Ionized calcium measures free calcium only. Under usual circumstances, a normal calcium level implies a normal free ionized calcium level. Ionized calcium should be obtained in patients with comorbid conditions that would lead to inconsistency between total calcium and free serum calcium (abnormal albumin, protein, or immunoglobulin concentrations). For chronic asymptomatic hypocalcemia, oral calcium supplements are given at doses of 2 to 4 g/day of elemental calcium. Many patients with calcium deficiency have concurrent vitamin D deficiency that must also be corrected in order to restore calcium homeostasis.2,37,38... 

Neorecormon (tradename, also known as epoetin beta) is a recombinant human EPO first approved for medical use in the EU in 1997. It is indicated for the treatment of anaemia associated with various medical conditions, most commonly chronic renal failure and cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. Neorecormon is produced by recombinant DNA technology in a CHO cell line and is manufactured as outlined in Figure 10.5. It is presented in lyophilized format at various strengths (500-10 000 IU/vial) and contains phosphate buffer, sodium chloride, calcium chloride, urea, polysorbate and various amino acids as excipients. 

Taking into account these difficulties and all discussions and evaluations of recent research results, many authors propose the weak salt solutions of calcium chloride, sodium nitrate and ammonium nitrate as extraction reagents to predict the risk/ toxicity associated to soil PTMs pollution or residing after remediation actions (Kabata-Pendias, 2004 Keller and Hammer, 2004 Ure and Davidson, 2002). 

High-performance liquid chromatography is performed using a Hewlett-Packard 1090 chromatograph equipped with a ternary-solvent delivery system, an autoinjector with a 0 -20- u.L injection loop, an oven compartment, and a diode-array UV detector. An ELS detector (Alltech Associates, Deerfield, IL) is connected in series to the UV detector. Hexane, 2-propanol, and water were used for the analysis of nonionic surfactants. Water and tetrahydrofuran (THF) are used for the analysis of anionic surfactants. No preliminary sample preparation is used other than dilution. The nonionic surfactants are diluted 1 40 (v/v) with hexane. The anionic surfactants (alkyl ether sulfates and synthetic and petroleum sulfonates) are diluted 1 20 (v/v) with water-THF (50 50). The calcium sulfonate surfactants were diluted 1 20 (v/v) with a THF-38% hydrochloric acid solution of pH 1. Hydrochloric add is required to prevent salt precipitation by converting any excess water-insoluble caldum carbonate into water-soluble calcium chloride. All diluted samples are... 

Stabilization. For example, calcium stearate may play the role of an associate thermal stabilizer when used in a system with calcium salts of fatty acids. These stabilizers use combinations of two or more metals - one of which (e.g. zinc) produces metal chlorides which accelerate PVC degradation. The presence of large amount of calcium salts helps to convert this chloride to calcium chloride which does not increase the degradation rate of PVC. Also, calcium carbonate can react with hydrogen chloride which is produced as PVC degrades. On the other hand, inclusion of fillers which contain admixtures of metals such as iron, nickel, copper, etc. reduces PVC thermal stability. Fillers also affect UV stabilization by adsorption of HALS stabilizers which immobilizes them and prevents them from performing as radical scavengers. 

The geochemical behaviour of Cs and Pu in Solway floodplain cores, collected from Southwick Water, south-west Scotland, has been studied by Allan et al. (1991) by employing a sequential leaching scheme (Cook et al., 1984 Livens Baxter, 1988b McDonald et al., 1990). This scheme incorporates solutions of calcium chloride (readily available sites), acetic acid (specific adsorption sites), tetra-sodium pyrophosphate (organically associated), ammonium oxalate/oxalic acid, (Fe and Mn secondary minerals), dilute nitric acid (dilute acid soluble sites) and nitric acid/ hydrofluoric acid (residual fraction). This technique has been subject to... 

The RH in most indoor environments is usually not above 70 percent and, thus, the CRH of most common metals is seldom exceeded. The time-of-wetness will be quite small. The corrosion rate is likely to be comparable to the outdoor rate (at similar contaminant levels) when the surfaces are dry. Such rates are insignificant compared to the wet rates for most metals (18). In many cases, the anions associated with deposited substances may play the dominant role in surface processes (24). The concentrations of sulfate, nitrate, and chloride, which accumulate on these surfaces, are likely to increase continuously. After 10 years exposure, total anion concentrations of five to ten /ng/cm can be expected in urban environments. These anions, especially chloride, are well known to dramatically affect the corrosion rates of many metals in aqueous solutions. This acceleration is often a result of solubilization of the surface metal oxide through complexation of the metal by the anions. Chloride, in particular, can dramatically lower the RH above which a moisture film is present on the surface, since chloride salts often have low CRHs (e.g., zinc chloride - < 10 percent calcium chloride - 30 percent and aluminum chloride - 40 percent). The combination of the low CRHs of chloride salts and the well documented ability of dissolved chloride to break down metal oxide passivation set chloride apart from the other common anions in ability to corrode indoor metal surfaces. Some nitrate salts also have moderately low CRHs (e.g., zinc nitrate -38 percent calcium nitrate - 49 percent aluminum nitrate - 60 percent). 

A reverse osmosis membrane is commercially available, named NF-40 (FilmTec Corporation), which is closely based on the NS-300 membrane technology. Typical solute rejection data for this membrane are as follows sodium chloride, 45% calcium chloride, 70% magnesium sulfate, 93% sucrose, 98%. Water flux of the membrane averages about 23 gfd at 225 psi and 25°C. As already noted for NS-300, the sulfate anion is associated with high rejection the chloride anion, low rejection. Partial discrimination between monovalent and divalent cations (sodium versus calcium) has also been observed for NF-40. The membrane can be operated at temperatures to 45°C and in a pH range from 3 to 11. In this respect, it would find probable use in industrial separations where... 

Invert emulsion drilling fluids are commonly selected for their temperature stability and their ability to prevent the wellbore stability problems associated with the hydration of clays in shale formations. The thermodynamic activity aw of the water in the aqueous (dispersed) phase is controlled by the addition of a salt (usually calcium chloride) to ensure that it is equal to or less than the activity of the water in the drilled shale formations. The emulsified layer around the water droplets is claimed to act as a semipermeable membrane that allows the transport of water into and out of the shale but not the transport of ions (61). When the activities (or, more strictly, the chemical potentials) of the water in the shale and invert emulsion are equal, then no net transport of water into or out of the shale occurs (i.e., the drilling fluid does not hydrate or dehydrate the shale). This equality of water activity has lead to the development of so-called balanced activity oil-based drilling fluids. 

Two processes are currently used for the production of propylene oxide. About 50% is produced by the chlorohydrin process and the other 50% by the peroxidation process. The chlorohydrin process is the older technology and it is slowly being replaced by the more economical and environmentally acceptable peroxidation route. There are environmental issues associated with the large aqueous by-product stream of calcium chloride and chlorinated hydrocarbon by-products from the chlorohydrin process. The only producers that will continue to operate chlorohydrin plants are highly integrated caustic-chlorine producers who have chlorine production facilities which can handle the calcium chloride by-product and chlorinated hydrocarbons [9]. 

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