Common contaminants

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a very common contaminant in hydrocarbon fluids, especially in gases and gas condensate, and is a source of corrosion problems. CO2 in the gas phase dissolves in any water present to form carbonic acid (H2CO3) which is highly corrosive. Its reaction with iron creates iron carbonate (FeCOg) ... 

The most common contaminants in produced gas are carbon dioxide (COj) and hydrogen sulphide (HjS). Both can combine with free water to cause corrosion and H2S is extremely toxic even in very small amounts (less than 0.01% volume can be fatal if inhaled). Because of the equipment required, extraction is performed onshore whenever possible, and providing gas is dehydrated, most pipeline corrosion problems can be avoided. However, if third party pipelines are used it may be necessary to perform some extraction on site prior to evacuation to meet pipeline owner specifications. Extraction of CO2 and H2S is normally performed by absorption in contact towers like those used for dehydration, though other solvents are used instead of glycol. 

Sodium is a common contaminant found in many chemicals. Reagent grade KCI, for example, may contain 40-50 ppm sodium. This is a significant source of sodium, given that its concentration in the salt substitute is about 100 ppm. 

Various inorganic chemicals remove soluble contaminants encountered during drilling. Salt, NaCl, is a common contaminant that can be removed only by dHution. The adverse effects of salt, primarily clay flocculation, can be overcome by a deflocculant such as a Hgnosulfonate or sulfomethylated... 

Color contamination is another factor that needs to be considered. For example, a small amount of cyan commonly contaminates magenta. Thus, adding magenta to color-correct an image also adds cyan, which must be removed for compensation. 

Lactic acid bacteria are common contaminants of distillers fermentations. E. lactis may produce excessive amounts of volatile acids. Some species convert glycerol to fdpropionaldehyde which may break down to acrolein during distillation, producing an acrid odor. 

Iron, a common contaminant of electrowinning solutions, lowers the current efficiency by dissolving copper ... 

For example, chloride and duoride ions, even in trace amounts (ppm), could cause the dissolution of aluminum metallization of complimentary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) devices. CMOS is likely to be the trend of VLSI technology and sodium chloride is a common contaminant. The protection of these devices from the effects of these mobile ions is an absolute requirement. The use of an ultrahigh purity encapsulant to encapsulate the passivated IC is the answer to some mobile ion contaminant problems. 

The purification of diethyl ether (see Chapter 4) is typical of liquid ethers. The most common contaminants are the alcohols or hydroxy compounds from which the ethers are prepared, their oxidation products (e.g. aldehydes), peroxides and water. Peroxides, aldehydes and alcohols can be removed by shaking with alkaline potassium permanganate solution for several hours, followed by washing with water, concentrated sulfuric acid [CARE], then water. After drying with calcium chloride, the ether is distilled. It is then dried with sodium or with lithium aluminium hydride, redistilled and given a final fractional distillation. The drying process should be repeated if necessary. 

Experience has shown that the lives of both uncoated and coated blades depend to a large degree on the amount of fuel and air contamination. This effect is shown in Figure 11-8, which illustrates the effect of sodium, a common contaminant, on blade life at 1600 °F (871 °C). The presence of increased levels of contaminants give rise to an accelerated form of attack called hot corrosion. 

The target level procedure was applied to 16 common air contaminants (Table 6.19). These are common contaminants in the industrial environment, and in many cases are the most critical compounds from the viewpoint of need for control measures. The prevailing concentration data as well as the benchmark levels were taken from Nordic databases, mainly the Finnish sources, and described elsewhere.In addition, a general model for assessing target values for other contaminants is presented in the table. 

Most of the impurities in the FCC feed exist as components of large organic molecules. The most common contaminants are ... 

The book is divided into four parts. Part I, The Fundamentals of GC/MS, includes practical discussions on GC/MS, interpretation of mass spectra, and quantitative GC/MS. Part II, GC Conditions, Derivatization, and Mass Spectral Interpretation of Specific Compound Types, contains chapters for a variety of compounds, such as acids, amines, and common contaminants. Also included are GC conditions, methods for derivatization, and discussions of mass spectral interpretation with examples. Part III, Ions for Determining Unknown Structures, is a correlation of observed masses and neutral losses with suggested structures as an aid to mass spectral interpretation. Part IV, Appendices, contains procedures for derivatization, tips on GC operation, troubleshooting for GC and MS, and other information which are useful to the GC/MS user. Parts I to III also contain references that either provide additional information on a subject or provide information about subjects not covered in this book. 

Sulfate, chlorides, and phosphates are common contaminants and contribute to boiler scales and deposits. 

Yields higher than about 70% for any of these isonitrile preparations generally indicate incomplete fractionation. The purity of the product may be conveniently checked by proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The characteristic 1 1 1 triplet for tert-butyl isocyanide appears at <5 1.45 (chloroform-d). A small upheld peak usually indicates the presence of unreacted amine. Other common contaminants are dichloromethane and chloroform The purity may be determined more accurately by gas chromatographic analysis on a 230 cm. by 0.6 cm. column packed with 10%SE30 on Chromosorb G, 60-80 mesh, at 80°. 

Note As in related series, the addition of pyridine or (better) A,A-dimethylani-line (free of A-methylaniline, a common contaminant in some grades of this reagent) to phosphoryl chloride, appears to improve the yield of chloroqui-noxaline, especially if electron-withdrawing passenger groups are present. 

For example, a collation of results of five researchers in the 1970s and 1980s (Table 1) shows Bacillus, Pseudomonas, Proteus, Enterobacter and Escherichia to be the most commonly contaminating aerobic bacteria. In addition Opperman and Goll (1984) also investigated the incidence of anaerobic micro-organisms finding Bacteroides, Clostridium, Desulphovibrio and Bifidobacterium species. 

The common polymers are composed of a small number of elements whose XP spectra are simple (generally C Is plus one or two peaks from Ols, Nls, FIs and Cl 2s, 2p). Common contaminants contain additional elements such as S, P, Si, A1 and heavy metals, and the presence of these elements, even in low concentrations, can be detected very easily. Polymer surface modification is an area in which XPS has been fruitfully applied, notably in the study of commercial pretreatments aimed at improving wettability and general adhesion characteristics. 

For detailed description and discussion of methods of separation and characterization of GAG, the reader is referred to specific mono-graphs38-42-46-47 dealing with the advantages and drawbacks of different colorimetric, titrimetric, electrophoretic, chromatographic, spectroscopic, and enzymic methods for the qualitative and quantitative characterization of heparin and its most common contaminants. The present article is concerned only with analytical aspects of relevance to the structural characterization of heparin. 

Because the biological degradation rate of MTBE has been observed to be slower than for other common contaminants, such as BTEX, MTBE will typically be the rate-limiting contaminant that determines the necessary hydraulic retention time for a mixed contaminant system, since it will typically be the slowest to degrade. 

Table 26.2 Summary of treatment processes for some common contaminants.

Further work at EniTecnologies was conducted with Rhodococcus strains. Rhodococ-cus was selected for its metabolical versatility, easy availability in soils and water, and remarkable solvent tolerance. Its capabilities for catalyzing diverse transformation reactions of crude oils, such as sulfur removal, alkanes and aromatics oxidation and catabolism caught their attention. Hence, genetic tools for the engineering of Rhodococcus strains have been applied to improve its biotransformation performance and its tolerance to certain common contaminants of the crude oil, such as cadmium. The development of active biomolecules led to the isolation and characterization of plasmid vectors and promoters. Strains have been constructed in which the careful over-expression of selected components of the desulfurization pathway leads to the enhancement of the sulfur removal activity in model systems. Rhodococcus, Gordona, and Nocardia were transformed in this way trying to improve their catalytic performance in BDS. In a... 

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