Hydrofluoric acid reaction

It is attacked by fluorine but there is no reaction with dry hydrogen fluoride, and only a slow reaction with hydrofluoric acid. Reaction with chlorine produces molybdenum pentachloride. Heating in hydrogen reduces the disulphide directly to molybdenum metal. 

Water. Fluorine reacts with water to form hydrofluoric acid [7664-39-3] HF, and oxygen difluoride [7783 1-7] OF2. In dilute (<5%) caustic solutions, the reaction proceeds as follows ... 

Fluorine, the most reactive element known, is a dangerous material but may be handled safely using proper precautions. In any situation where an operator may come into contact with low pressure fluorine, safety glasses, a neoprene coat, boots, and clean neoprene gloves should be worn to afford overall body protection. This protection is effective against both fluorine and the hydrofluoric acid which may form from reaction of moisture in the air. 

Aluminum trifluoride trihydrate [15098-87-0], AIF. -3H20, appears to exist in a soluble metastable a-form as well as a less soluble P-form (3). The a-form can be obtained only when the heat of the reaction between alumina and hydrofluoric acid is controlled and the temperature of the reaction is kept below 25°C. Upon warming the a-form changes into a irreversible P-form which is insoluble in water and is much more stable. The P-form is commercially available. 

Hexafluoroantimonic acid [72121 -43-8] HSbF 6H20, is prepared by dissolving freshly prepared hydrous antimony pentoxide ia hydrofluoric acid or adding the stoichiometric amount of 70% HF to SbF. Both of these reactions are exothermic and must be carried out carefully. 

Hexafluoroarsenic acid [17068-85-8] can be prepared by the reaction of arsenic acid with hydrofluoric acid or calcium fluorosulfate (29) and with alkaH or alkaline-earth metal fluorides or fluorosulfonates (18). The hexafluoroarsenates can be prepared directly from arsenates and hydrofluoric acid, or by neutrali2ation of HAsF. The reaction of 48% HF with potassium dihydrogen arsenate(V), KH2ASO4, gives potassium hydroxypentafluoroarsenate(V)... 

Properties. Lithium fluoride [7789-24-4] LiF, is a white nonhygroscopic crystaUine material that does not form a hydrate. The properties of lithium fluoride are similar to the aLkaline-earth fluorides. The solubility in water is quite low and chemical reactivity is low, similar to that of calcium fluoride and magnesium fluoride. Several chemical and physical properties of lithium fluoride are listed in Table 1. At high temperatures, lithium fluoride hydroly2es to hydrogen fluoride when heated in the presence of moisture. A bifluoride [12159-92-17, LiF HF, which forms on reaction of LiF with hydrofluoric acid, is unstable to loss of HF in the solid form. 

Manufacture. Lithium fluoride is manufactured by the reaction of lithium carbonate or lithium hydroxide with dilute hydrofluoric acid. If the lithium carbonate is converted to the soluble bicarbonate, insolubles can be removed by filtration and a purer lithium fluoride can be made on addition of hydrofluoric acid (12). High purity material can also be made from other soluble lithium salts such as the chloride or nitrate with hydrofluoric acid or ammonium bifluoride (13). 

Manufacture. Magnesium fluoride is manufactured by the reaction of hydrofluoric acid and magnesium oxide or carbonate ... 

Sodium fluoride is normally manufactured by the reaction of hydrofluoric acid and soda ash (sodium carbonate), or caustic soda (sodium hydroxide). Control of pH is essential and proper agitation necessary to obtain the desired crystal size. The crystals are centrifuged, dried, sized, and packaged. Reactors are usually constmcted of carbon brick and lead-lined steel, with process lines of stainless, plastic or plastic-lined steel diaphragm, plug cock, or butterfly valves are preferred. 

Stannous fluoride probably was first prepared by Scheele in 1771 and was described by Gay-Lussac and Thenard in 1809. Commercial production of stannous fluoride is by the reaction of stannous oxide and aqueous hydrofluoric acid, or metallic tin and anhydrous hydrogen fluoride (5,6). Snp2 is also produced by the reaction of tin metal, HP, and a halogen in the presence of a nitrile (7). 

Titanium trifluoride is prepared by dissolving titanium metal in hydrofluoric acid (1,2) or by passing anhydrous hydrogen fluoride over titanium trihydrate at 700°C or over heated titanium powder (3). Reaction of titanium trichloride and anhydrous hydrogen fluoride at room temperature yields a cmde product that can be purified by sublimation under high vacuum at 930—950°C. 

This reaction occurs readily ia the presence of sulfuric or hydrofluoric acid. In the absence of such strong acids, formic acid reacts readily with olefins to give formate esters (21). 

Hafnium Boride. Hafnium diboride [12007-23-7] HfB2, is a gray crystalline soHd. It is usually prepared by the reaction of hafnium oxide with carbon and either boron oxide or boron carbide, but it can also be prepared from mixtures of hafnium tetrachloride, boron trichloride, and hydrogen above 2000°C, or by direct synthesis from the elements. Hafnium diboride is attacked by hydrofluoric acid but is resistant to nearly all other reagents at room temperature. Hafnium dodecaboride [32342-52-2] has been prepared by direct synthesis from the elements (56). 

Lead Fluoride. Lead difluoiide, Pbp2, is a white oithorhombic salt to about 220°C where it is transformed into the cubic form some physical properties ate given in Table 1. Lead fluoride is soluble in nitric acid and insoluble in acetone and ammonia. It is formed by the action of hydrofluoric acid on lead hydroxide or carbonate, or by the reaction between potassium fluoride and lead nitrate. 

If conditions aie such that the film does not form, such as in the case of acids, then the reaction proceeds until all the metal is consumed. The reaction of magnesium with hydrofluoric acid [7664-39-3J is an exception to this rule, because a stable fluoride film forms. 

Cryolite. Cryofite [15096-52-3] Na AlF, is the primary constituent of the HaH-Hfiroult cell electrolyte. High purity, natural cryofite is found in Greenland, but its rarity and cost have caused the aluminum industry to substitute synthetic cryofite. The latter is produced by the reaction of hydrofluoric acid [7664-39-3] HE, with sodium aluminate [1302-42-7] NaA102, from the Bayer process... 

Thus operating cells need aluminum fluoride [7784-18-17, AIF., rather than cryoHte. Much aluminum fluoride is produced in a fluidized bed by the reaction of hydrofluoric acid gas and activated alumina made by partially calcining the alumina hydrate from the Bayer process... 

The equihbrium constant for this reaction at 25°C is 3.4 x 10 (92). The effects of two hydrofluoric acid solutions of different concentrations on various sihca phases are shown in Table 4. 

Titanium carbide is resistant to aqueous alkaU except in the presence of oxidising agents. It is resistant to acids except nitric acid, aqua regia, and mixtures of nitric acid with sulfuric or hydrofluoric acid. In oxygen at 450°C, a nonprotecting anatase coating forms. The reaction... 

Alkylate. Alkylation means the chemical combination of isobutane with any one or a combination of propylene, butylenes, and amylenes to produce a mixture of highly branched paraffins that have high antiknock properties with good stabiUty. These reactions are cataly2ed by strong acids such as sulfuric or hydrofluoric acid and have been studied extensively (98—103). In the United States mostly butylenes and propylene are used as the olefins. 

Fluorogypsum is the name ascribed to by-product gypsum from fluorspar acidulation to produce hydrofluoric acid. The chemical reaction... 

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