High Commercial grades

Raw Material. The principal raw material for fluorine production is high purity anhydrous hydrofluoric acid. Each kilogram of fluorine generated requires ca 1.1 kg HE. Only a small portion of the hydrofluoric acid produced ia the United States is consumed ia fluorine production. The commercial grade is acceptable for use as received, provided water content is less than 0.02%. Typical specifications for hydrofluoric acid are... 

Economic Aspects. Halocarbon Products Corp. is the largest producer of trifluoroacetic acid. The commercial grade is of very high purity with the main impurity being ca 0.2% water. A grade, which has a low residue specification, intended for use in protein synthesis (Biograde) is available. Other producers include Rhc ne-Poulenc and Solvay. The 1992 price was ca 15/kg. 

Commercial grades of socbum aluminate contain both waters of hycbation and excess socbum hycboxide. In solution, a high pH retards the reversion of socbum aluminate to insoluble aluminum hycboxide. The chemical identity of the soluble species in socbum aluminate solutions has been the focus of much work (1). Solutions of sodium aluminate appear to be totaby ionic. The aluminate ion is monovalent and the predominant species present is deterrnined by the Na20 concentration. The tetrahydroxyaluminate ion [14485-39-3], Al(OH) 4, exists in lower concentrations of caustic dehydration of Al(OH) 4, to the aluminate ion [20653-98-9], A10 2) is postulated at concentrations of Na20 above 25%. The formation of polymeric aluminate ions similar to the positively charged polymeric ions formed by hydrolysis of aluminum at low pH does not seem to occur. Al(OH) 4 has been identified as the predominant ion in dilute aluminate solutions (2). 

NaHS, marketed as 71.5—74.5 wt % flakes and 43—60 wt % Hquor ia the high purity grades, is also available as 10—40 wt % Hquor from the oil refining desulfurization process. NaHS is sold commercially ia 22.7-kg bags, 181.4-kg dmms, ia tank tmcks, and ia rail cars. 

Divinylbenzene. This is a specialty monomer used primarily to make cross-linked polystyrene resins. Pure divinylbenzene (DVB) monomer is highly reactive polymericaHy and is impractical to produce and store. Commercial DVB monomer (76—79) is generally manufactured and suppHed as mixtures of m- and -divinylbenzenes and ethylvinylbenzenes. DVB products are designated by commercial grades in accordance with the divinylbenzene content. Physical properties of DVB-22 and DVB-55 are shown in Table 10. Typical analyses of DVB-22 and DVB-55 are shown in Table 11. Divinylbenzene [1321 -74-0] is readily polymerized to give britde insoluble polymers even at ambient temperatures. The product is heavily inhibited with TBC and sulfur to minimize polymerization and oxidation. 

ASTM recognizes two types of zinc dust in specification ASTM D 520-51 (reapproved 1976) (143), which includes permissible impurity concentrations. The metallic content of most commercial grades is 95—97%. The zinc oxide content is between 3 and 5% finer dusts contain higher concentrations because of high surface areas. Zinc dusts are manufactured in various size ranges, and a typical commercial dust has an average particle diameter between 4 and 8 p.m. Usually, dusts are screened to be essentially free of particles coarser than 75 p.m (200 mesh). 

Estimated imports of both commercial grade and high purity arsenic metal (10,11) are hsted in Table 3. 

Table 3. Imports of Commercial and High Purity Grades of Arsenic Metaf...

Year Commercial grade High purity grade ... 

Because of their unique combination of physical and chemical properties, manufactured carbons and graphites are widely used in several forms in high temperature processing of metals, ceramics, glass, and fused quartz. A variety of commercial grades is available with properties tailored to best meet the needs of particular appHcations (45). Industrial carbons and graphites are available in a broad range of shapes and sizes. 

Modem plants generally produce carbon disulfide of about 99.99% purity. High product quaUty is ensured by closely controlled continuous fractional distillation. Reagent and U.S. Federal specifications, and typical commercial-grade quaUty are Hsted in Table 5. 

Stainless steels contain 11% or more chromium. Table 5.1 lists common commercial grades and compositions of stainless steels. It is chromium that imparts the stainless character to steel. Oxygen combines with chromium and iron to form a highly adherent and protective oxide film. If the film is ruptured in certain oxidizing environments, it rapidly heals with no substantial corrosion. This film does not readily form until at least 11% chromium is dissolved in the alloy. Below 11% chromium, corrosion resistance to oxygenated water is almost the same as in unalloyed iron. 

In the early days of the commercial development of PVC, emulsion polymers were preferred for general purpose applications. This was because these materials exist in the form of the fine primary particles of diameter of the order of 0.1-1.0 p,m, which in the case of some commercial grades aggregate into hollow secondary particles or cenospheres with diameters of 30-100 p,m. These emulsion polymer particles have a high surface/volume ratio and fluxing and gelation with plasticisers is rapid. The use of such polymers was, however, restricted because of the presence of large quantities of soaps and other additives necessary to emulsion polymerisation which adversely affect clarity and electrical insulation properties. 

The first commercial grades were introduced by Phillips Petroleum in 1968 under the trade name Ryton. These were of two types, a thermoplastic branched polymer of very high viscosity which was processed by PTFE-type processes and an initially linear polymer which could be processed by compression moulding, including laminating with glass fibre, and which was subsequently oxidatively cross-linked. 

Commercial grades of PVP, K-15, K-30, K-90, and K-120 and the quaternized copolymer of vinylpyrrolidone and dimthylaminoethylmethacrylate (poly-VP/ DMAEMA) made by International Specialty Products (ISP) were used in this study. PEO standard calibration kits were purchased from Polymer Laboratories Ltd. (PL), American Polymer Standards Corporation (APSC), Polymer Standards Service (PSS), and Tosoh Corporation (TSK). In addition, two narrow NIST standards, 1923 and 1924, were used to evaluate commercial PEO standards. Deionized, filtered water, and high-performance liquid chromatography grade methanol purchased from Aldrich or Fischer Scientific were used in this study. Lithium nitrate (LiN03) from Aldrich was the salt added to the mobile phases to control for polyelectrolyte effects. 

The reaction is unfavorable for the production of potassium at 870°C, but the removal of K by distillation drives the equilibrium to the right. A variation in the condenser temperature can be used to produce Na-K alloys or potassium with a typical Na content of 1.0 wt%. A high-purity grade of potassium, with Na contents < 50 ppm, is produced commercially by distillation in a multiplate tower... 

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