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The term molecular crystal refers to crystals consisting of neutral atomic particles. Thus they include the rare gases He, Ne, Ar, Kr, Xe, and Rn. However, most of them consist of molecules with up to about 100 atoms bound internally by covalent bonds. The dipole interactions that bond them is discussed briefly in Chapter 3, and at length in books such as Parsegian (2006). This book also discusses the Lifshitz-Casimir effect which causes macroscopic solids to attract one another weakly as a result of fluctuating atomic dipoles. Since dipole-dipole forces are almost always positive (unlike monopole forces) they add up to create measurable attractions between macroscopic bodies. However, they decrease rapidly as any two molecules are separated. A detailed history of intermolecular forces is given by Rowlinson (2002). 

Splitting Racemic Compounds.—The methods by which racemic compounds may be split into their optically active components are several. The three methods used were all originated by Pasteur. The first method has been referred to and consists of the mechanical separation of the two oppositely hemi-hedral forms in which the salts of a racemic compound crystallize. This method is especially applicable in the case of tartaric acid when the sodium-ammonium salt is used. The crystallization and separation must be carried out under definite conditions. If the racemic acid salt is crystallized below 28° the two forms of crystals are produced and a separation can be accomplished. If, however, the crystallization takes place above 28° the two forms of crystals are not produced but the sodium-ammonium racemate crystallizes in unseparable crystals of one form. That is, above 28° the sodium-ammonium racemate crystallizes as such, while, below 28° the racemate splits into its two isomeric components and equal amouts of the sodium-ammonium dextro tartrate and the sodium-ammonium levo tartrate are formed. The second method for the splitting of a racemic compound into its optically active components consists of the formation of the cinchonine, strychnine, or other similar alkaloid salts. When the cinchonine salt of racemic acid is formed it splits into the... 

For metals a reasonable approximation is obtained by assuming a uniform potential energy (- F) for the electrons within the crystal referred to a zero of energy for the free electron at rest outside the crystal. The separation of the allowed energy levels is very small if... 

The commercial utilization of o-xylene for phthalic anhydride in 1945, of p-xylene for synthetic fibers more recently, and the numerous applications of isophthalic derivatives from m-xylene have brought about intense interest in the production and separation of the xylenes. These compounds are produced by the catalytic reforming processes used for benzene and toluene and are discussed in articles on these processes. Fractionation processes for separation of o-xylene and fractional crystallization for separation of p-xylene are discussed in the recent literature. References to the xylenes are listed under Aromatics, Miscellaneous. 

As explained in section 3.1, the term melt strictly refers to a liquid close to its freezing point, but in its general industrial application it tends to encompass multicomponent liquid mixtures that solidify on cooling. Melt crystallization is the common term applied to the controlled cooling crystallization and separation of such systems with the objective of producing one or more of the components in relatively pure form. 

The determination of the main dimensions of classifying crystallizers is briefly discussed in the following. For a comprehensive design method, see References [7.1, 7.39, 7.51]. In a classifying crystallizer, such as the Oslo and Messo crystallizer, a separation effect is caused by the different sedimentation behavior of different grain sizes in the upflowing solution. 

Strydom and Hofmann [50] have also suggested that loss peaks associated with the N Is transition should be expected, with energy separations similar to those of Ti 2p. Accordingly, two loss features, LN-I and LN-2, with energy separations of 1.6 eV and 3.0 eV, respectively, were included in the peak synthesis of the N Is lines. The line component energies used for the peak synthesis are summarized in Table 1. The loss peak intensities determined experimentally from the stoichiometric single-crystal reference sample are also included. 

The cloud point refers to the temperature at which solidifiable components (waxes) present in the oil sample begin to crystallize or separate from solution under a method of prescribed chilling. It s an important specification of middle distillate fuels, as determined by ASTM D2500. 

Bentone-34 has commonly been used in packed columns (138—139). The retention indices of many benzene homologues on squalane have been determined (140). Gas chromatography of C —aromatic compounds using a Ucon B550X-coated capillary column is discussed in Reference 141. A variety of other separation media have also been used, including phthaUc acids (142), Hquid crystals (143), and Werner complexes (144). Gel permeation chromatography of alkylbenzenes and the separation of the Cg aromatics treated with zeofltes ate described in References 145—148. 

In the older method, still used in some CIS and East European tar refineries, the naphthalene oil is cooled to ambient temperatures in pans, the residual oil is separated from the crystals, and the cmde drained naphthalene is macerated and centrifuged. The so-called whizzed naphthalene crystallizes at ca 72—76°C. This product is subjected to 35 MPa (350 atm) at 60—70°C for several minutes in a mechanical press. The lower melting layers of the crystals ate expressed as Hquid, giving a product crystallizing at 78—78.5°C (95.5—96.5% pure). This grade, satisfactory for oxidation to phthaHc anhydride, is referred to as hot-pressed or phthaHc-grade naphthalene. 

AH graphite has crystal stmcture but only certain kinds and sizes of natural graphites are commercially classified as crystalline, a term used for import duty purposes. Throughout this article reference is made separately to dake, vein (lump or high crystalline), and amorphous forms, all of which are essentially the same crystalline form of carbon. However, fine stmctured graphites (cryptocrystalline (2)) have been classified as amorphous. 

A number of analytical methods have been developed for the determination of chlorotoluene mixtures by gas chromatography. These are used for determinations in environments such as air near industry (62) and soil (63). Liquid crystal stationary columns are more effective in separating m- and chlorotoluene than conventional columns (64). Prepacked columns are commercially available. ZeoHtes have been examined extensively as a means to separate chlorotoluene mixtures (see Molecularsieves). For example, a Y-type 2eohte containing sodium and copper has been used to separate y -chlorotoluene from its isomers by selective absorption (65). The presence of ben2ylic impurities in chlorotoluenes is determined by standard methods for hydroly2able chlorine. Proton (66) and carbon-13 chemical shifts, characteristic in absorption bands, and principal mass spectral peaks are available along with sources of reference spectra (67). 

The tautomeric structure leads to ambiguities in the nomenclature of compounds in this series. Thus, 5-methyl- and 6-methylbenzo-furoxan denote two different molecules which, because of their interconversion, cannot be isolated separately at normal temperatures. Throughout this review, when we intend to refer to the ambiguous mixture, we shall use the system employing the lowest numbers. The above methyl derivative, for example, will be described as 6-methyl-benzofuroxan regardless of the form adopted in the crystal. When a... 

The three arrows drawn in Fig. 12 correspond to any set of three steps in Fig. 1. In both cases we have hitherto avoided referring to the three steps as forming a cycle, though, if the two curves of Fig. 12 were drawn for the same temperature, they could be used for describing an isothermal cycle. Consider, for example, an ionic crystal at temperature T. The upper curve of Fig. 12 could be used for removing a pair of ions into a vacuum. Next plunge the separate ions into a solvent and finally use the lower curve to replace the ions on the surface of the crystal. Conversely, the cycle could be carried out in the opposite direction. In either case the cycle will be equivalent to the three steps of Fig. la. 

In certain cases, however, the solid which separates is a homogeneous mixture of both components, and hence may be referred to as a solid solution. These are often called mixed crystals, but the name is clearly unsuitable in view of the... 

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