From sulfuric acid

Chemically, fluoroacetic acid behaves like a typical carboxylic acid, although its acidity is higher K — 2.2 x 10 ) than the average (9). It can be prepared from the commercially available sodium salt by distillation from sulfuric acid (10). 

Other developing or potential appHcations for lime are neutralization of tail gas from sulfuric acid plants, neutralization of waste hydrochloric and hydrofluoric acids and of nitrogen oxide (NO ) gases, scmbbing of stack gases from incinerators (qv), and of course, from small industrial coal-fired boilers. 

In metallurgy, hydrogen sulfide is used to precipitate copper sulfide from nickel—copper-containing ore leach solutions in Alberta, Canada, or to precipitate nickel and cobalt sulfides from sulfuric acid leaching oflaterite ores in Moa Bay, Cuba (120) (see Metallurgy, extractive metallurgy). 

Vanadium Sulfates. Sulfate solutions derived from sulfuric acid leaching of vanadium ores are industrially important in the recovery of vanadium from its raw materials. Vanadium in quadrivalent form may be solvent-extracted from leach solutions as the oxycation complex (VO) ". Alternatively, the vanadium can be oxidized to the pentavalent form and solvent-extracted as an oxyanion, eg, (V O ) . Pentavalent vanadium does not form simple sulfate salts. 

Catalytic uses result in Htde consumption or loss of vanadium. The need to increase conversion efficiency for pollution control from sulfuric acid plants, which require more catalyst, and expanded fertilizer needs, which require more acid plants, were factors in the growth of vanadium catalyst requirements during the mid-1970s. Use was about evenly divided between initial charges to new plants and replacements or addition to existing plants. 

Peracids. Peracids are compounds containing the functional group —OOH derived from an organic or inorganic acid functionaHty. Typical stmctures include CH2C(0)OOH derived from acetic acid and H0S(0)200H (peroxymonosulfuric acid) derived from sulfuric acid. Peracids have... 

Purification is carried out by recrysta11i2ation from organic solvent (6) or from sulfuric acid (7). Highly purified product is manufactured by continuous vacuum distillation (8). 

Chlotobenzoyl)-benzoic acid is nitrated in concentrated sulfuric acid, then reduction of the nitro group, ring closure, and hydrolysis occur simultaneously in concentrated sulfuric acid in the presence of a reducing agent and boric acid. Thus obtained cmde chloro pink is purified by selective precipitation from sulfuric acid in order to separate it from by-produced 2-amino-3-chloto-l-hydroxyanthtaquinone (24) (36). 

Sulfur Dioxide, Spray Towers Flue gases and offgases from sulfuric acid plants contain less than 0.5 percent SO9 smelter gases like those from ore processing plants may contain 8 percent. The high-concentration streams are suitable for the manufacture of sulfuric acid. The low concentrations usually are regarded as contaminants to be destroyed or recovered as elemental siilfur by, for example, the Claus process. 

The corrosion resistance of lead is due to the formation of a thin surface film of an insoluble lead salt that protects the metal from sulfuric acid and related compounds of any strength at ordinary temperatures. Even when (he temperature increases to nearly 100°C the rates of corrosion are still low. However, strong, hot sulfuric acid attacks lead rapidly, especially if the acid is flowing. 

What is the minimum energy required to synthesize sulfur dioxide from sulfuric acid ... 

Because economizer tube bundles produce very hot FW within the tubes, they may be subject to serious waterside corrosion and deposition problems, in addition to gas-side dust erosion problems and cold-end acid attack from sulfuric acid (derived from sulfur-containing fuels). 

Wastewater is generated in the primary zinc and primary cadmium recovery subcategories by acid plant blowdown, which results from sulfuric acid recovery, air pollution control, leaching, anode/ cathode washing, and contact cooling. The streams may contain significant concentrations of lead, arsenic, cadmium, and zinc. Tables 3.26 and 3.27 present classical and toxic pollutant data for the primary zinc and primary cadmium subcategories. 

In addition to the gaseous emissions from the combustion of fuel, gaseous emissions are also produced by chemical production, for example, SO, from sulfuric acid production, NO from nitric acid production, HC1 from chlorination reactions, and so on. 

Fig. 13.12 Photographs of sonoluminescence from sulfuric acid solution of Na2SC>4, illustrating the spatial separation of sodium (orange) and continuum (blue-white) emissions using a horn-type transducer at 20 kHz (a) [38] (Reprinted from American Chemical Society. With permission) and using standing-wave fields at 28 kHz in a cylindrical beaker (b) [39]...

Indeed, in electrolytes containing no aggressive anions (as are the halides), over a wide pH range between 0 and 12 (from sulfuric acid through acetate to phthalate and borate), a double logarithmic plot of jQ2- versus 7A13+, shown in Fig. 5, yielded straight lines, with slopes of 1.38 0.14. 

Harbuck, D. D. Judd, J. C. Behunin, D. V. Germanium solvent extraction from sulfuric acid solutions (and co-extraction of germanium and gallium). Solvent Extr. Ion Exch. 1991, 9, 383-401. 

Zhang, P. W. Inoue, K. Yoshizuka, K. Tsuyama, H. Extraction and selective stripping of molybdenum(VI) and vanadium(IV) from sulfuric acid solution containing aluminum(III), cobalt(II), nickel(II) and iron(III) by LIX 63 in Exxsol D80. Hydrometallurgy 1996, 41, 45-53. 

Now, in the summer of 1939, orders went out from Krauch s office in an unbelievably increasing stream. First, to the Vermin-lungstelle Wehrmacht. From there, orders for nitrates went by special delivery to Dr. Ambros at Ludwigshafen. From Ludwigs-hafen the nitrates were shipped to the Dynamit A.G. s older factories. The Haber-Bosch nitrates went to the largest factories at Pressburg and Troisdorf, the nitrates weaned from sulfuric acid to Mannheim and Hackenburg. 

AMEX [Amine extraction] A process for the solvent extraction of uranium from sulfuric acid solutions using an amine extractant ... 

Centaur A process for reducing sulfur dioxide emissions from sulfuric acid plants. An activated caibon with both absorptive and catalytic properties is used. The technology uses fixed beds of Centaur carbon to oxidize sulfur dioxide to sulfuric acid in the pores of the carbon. The sulfuric acid is recovered as dilute sulfuric acid, which is used a make-up water in the sulfuric acid production process. Developed by Calgon Carbon Corporation in the 1990s. Calgon Carbon and Monsanto Enviro-Chem operated a Centaur pilot plant at an existing sulfuric acid facility in 1996. 

Climax A process for making sodium sulfate from sulfuric acid and sodium chloride. Sulfuric acid is sprayed onto a hot fluidized bed of sodium chloride. The products are granular sodium sulfate and hydrogen chloride gas. Invented in 1967 by C. K. Curtis later developed and commercialized by C. W. Cannon at the Climax Chemical Company at Midland, NM, in the 1970s. Midland was a favorable location because of the proximity of mineral salt and sulfur from petroleum and the availability of cheap transport of the product from the site. French Patent 1,549,938. 

Dapex [Di-alkylphosphoric acid extraction] A process for the solvent extraction of uranium from sulfuric acid solutions using di-(2-ethylhexyl) phosphoric acid (HDEHP). The HDEHP is dissolved in kerosene containing 4 percent of tributyl phosphate. The uranium is stripped from the organic phase by aqueous sodium carbonate and precipitated as uranyl peroxide (yellow cake). The process was no longer in use in 1988. See also Amex. 

Peracidox A process for removing sulfur dioxide from the tail gases from sulfuric acid plants by absorption in peroxomonosulfuric acid (Caro s acid). The peroxomonosulfuric acid is generated on-site by the electrolytic oxidation of sulfuric acid. Developed by Lurgi and Sud-Chemie and first operated in 1972. 

Squire and Messel An early process for making oleum from sulfuric acid produced by the Chamber process. The acid was decomposed at red heat to sulfur dioxide, oxygen, and steam the steam was condensed out, and the remaining gases passed over platinized pumice to form sulfur trioxide, which was absorbed in more chamber acid. Invented by W. S. Squire and R. Messel in 1875 in London and first commercialized there. Messel was one of the founders of the Society of Chemical Industry and is still commemorated in that society by the biennial award of a medal. 

There are various techniques of aftertreating the crude product which convert it into an industrially useful pigment. Important methods include reprecipitation from sulfuric acid, milling, and recrystallization from solvents. It is also customary to combine these methods in order to optimize the results [3]. 

It is necessary to consider a number of equilibrium reactions in an analysis of a hydrometallurgical process. These include complexing reactions that occur in solution as well as solubility reactions that define equilibria for the dissolution and precipitation of solid phases. As an example, in analyzing the precipitation of iron compounds from sulfuric acid leach solutions, McAndrew, et al. (11) consider up to 32 hydroxyl and sulfate complexing reactions and 13 precipitation reactions. Within a restricted pH range only a few of these equilibria are relevant and need to be considered. Nevertheless, equilibrium constants for the relevant reactions must be known. Furthermore, since most processes operate at elevated temperatures, it is essential that these parameters be known over a range of temperatures. The availability of this information is discussed below. 

The sulfuric acid sludge from sulfuric acid treatment is used frequently as a source (through thermal decomposition) to produce sulfur dioxide (SO2, which is returned to the sulfuric acid plant) and sludge acid coke. The coke, in the form of small pellets, is nsed as a snbstitute for charcoal in the manufacture of carbon disulfide. Sulfuric acid coke is different from other petrolenm coke in that it is pyrophoric in air and also reacts directly with snlfnr vapor to form carbon disulfide. 

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