Cooling melting temperature

Adams catalyst, platinum oxide, Pt02 H20. Produced by fusion of H2PtCl6 with sodium nitrate at 500-550 C and leaching of the cooled melt with water. Stable in air, activated by hydrogen. Used as a hydrogenation catalyst for converting alkenes to alkanes at low pressure and temperature. Often used on Si02... 

A typical m el ter iastalled in a medium sized brass foundry contains 4500 kg of brass and its inductor is rated 500 kilowatts. Brass is an alloy containing copper and zinc. Zinc vaporizes at temperatures weU below the melting temperature of the alloy. The channel iaductor furnace s low bath temperature and relatively cool melt surface result in low metal loss and reduced environmental concerns. Large dmm furnaces have found use in brass and copper continuous casting installations. 

One of the requirements of this process is that the melt maintain good contact with the chill roU, ie, air must not pass between the film and the roU. Otherwise, air insulates the plastic and causes it to cool at a rate different from the rest of the plastic and this spoils the appearance of an otherwise satisfactory product. The melt should not emit volatiles, which condense on the chill roU, reduce heat transfer, and mar the film s appearance. The cast film process allows the use of a higher melt temperature than is characteristic of the blown film process. The higher temperature imparts better optical properties. 

These relays also possess characteristics similar to those of a bimetallic relay and closely match the motor heating and cooling curves. They are basically made of a low-melting eutectic alloy which has defined melting properties. The alloy, with specific proportions of constituent metals such as tin, nickel and silver, can be made for different but specific melting temperatures. This property of the alloy is used in detecting the motor s operating conditions. 

The cooling requirements will be discussed further in Section 8.2.6. What is particularly noteworthy is the considerable difference in heating requirements between polymers. For example, the data in Table 8.1 assume similar melt temperatures for polystyrene and low-density polyethylene, yet the heat requirement per cm is only 295 J for polystyrene but 543 J for LDPE. It is also noteworthy that in spite of their high processing temperatures the heat requirements per unit volume for FEP (see Chapter 13) and polyethersulphone are, on the data supplied, the lowest for the polymers listed. 

Polymer Melt temperature i°C) Mould temperature (X) SG Specific heat (Jkg- K ) Heat required to melt Heat removed on cooling ... 

The polymer is not easy to process and in injection moulding melt temperatures of 300°C are employed. In order to prevent excess embrittlement by shock cooling of the melt, mould temperatures as high as 150°C may be used. The polymer may also be compression moulded at temperatures of 250-260°C. 

The ammonium thiocyanate is melted in a round fln.sk in a paraffin-bath, and kept at a temperature at which the tnass re-mainsjust liquid (140—145 ) for 5—6 hours. The cooled melt is powdered and ground with half its weight of cold water, which dissolves unchanged ammonium thiocyanate, but little of the thiourea. By dissolving the residue in a little hot water, pure thiourea is obtained, on cooling, in colourless, silky needles. Yield 7—8 grams. 

The caustic potash is melted with a small quantity of water in a siheror nickel crucible. The temperature of the mass is brought to 150, and the finely powdered benzil added. The benzil melts, and the mixture shortly changes to a solid mass of potassium ben/ilatc. The cooled melt is dissolved in water, and the alkaline solution acidified with hydrochloric acid, which precipitates the benzilic acid. The crystalline mass, which contains small quantities of benzoic acid, is separated from the mother-liquor and washed with cold water. It is then transferred to a porcelain basin, dissolved in hot water, and the solution boiled until the smell of bcn/oic acid has gone. On cooling, benzilic acid crystallises out, and is purified by a second crystallisation from hot water. 

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