Iodine, adsorption

Table 2.7 lists techniques used to characterise carbon-blacks. Analysis of CB in rubber vulcanisates requires recovery of CB by digestion of the matrix followed by filtration, or by nonoxidative pyrolysis. Dispersion of CB within rubber products is usually assessed by the Cabot dispersion test, or by means of TEM. Kruse [46] has reviewed rubber microscopy, including the determination of the microstructure of CB in rubber compounds and vulcanisates and their qualitative and quantitative determination. Analysis of free CB features measurements of (i) particulate and aggregate size (SEM, TEM, XRD, AFM, STM) (ii) total surface area according to the BET method (ISO 4652), iodine adsorption (ISO 1304) or cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) adsorption (ASTM D 3765) and (iii) external surface area, according to the dibutylphthalate (DBP) test (ASTM D 2414). TGA is an excellent technique for the quantification of CB in rubbers. However, it is very limited in being able to distinguish the different types of... 

Shi et al. [68] have studied iodine adsorption on Ag using atomic-resolution electrochemical scanning turmehng microscopy (ECSTM) method. Distinctly different iodine adlayer structures and surface diffusion behavior were observed on mechanically polished pc-Ag in comparison with those obtained on single-crystal electrodes. 

The single selection of particle diameter for the characterization of a reinforcing filler is, however, not appropriate, because, on the one hand, only fillers exhibiting a very poor reinforcing effect consist of independent spherical particles, and, on the other hand, gum-filler interactions taking place at the elastomer-filler interface are thus conditioned by the accessibility of the surface. The latter may, indeed, be restricted either by the presence of micropores or by the size of the macromolecule. The knowledge of the specific surface area of the filler is thus a prerequisite. Insofar as the determination of the filler specific surface area, performed by low-temperature gas adsorption or iodine adsorption, takes into account its microporosity, the adsorption of larger tensioactive molecules will often be favored 12,13). 

Iodine adsorption mg/g ASTMD1510 ISO 1304 amount of iodine adsorbed from aqueous solution as a measure of the specific surface area not applicable for oxidized carbon blacks... 

ASTM No. Iodine adsorption mg/g DBP absorption ml/100 g Use in natural and synthetic rubber... 

Schardt, B.C., Yau. Shneh-Lin, and F. Rinaldi Atomic Resolution Imaging of Adsorbates on Metal Surfaces in Air Iodine Adsorption on Pt(III), Science, 1050... 

Iodates, III, 138, 157, 178 Iodic acid, as oxidant, III, 178 Iodine, adsorption by starch, I, 256 colors of products formed from starch by amylases, V, 261 as oxidant, III, 151, 169 solubility of, III, 136 Iodine starch complex, dichroism of flow of, I, 266... 

In the past, much attention was given to the study of dye and iodine adsorption by active carbons (Bmnauer, 1945 Orr and Dalla Valle, 1959). Many studies have been made with dye molecules of well-known size, shape and chemical properties, but the results have not been easy to interpret (Giles et al., 1970 McKay, 1982, 1984). In a systematic study of iodine adsorption (from aqueous solution) on a carbon black and four activated carbons (Femandez-Colinas etal., 1989b), it was found that the iodine isotherms could be analysed by the as-method. In this way it was possible to assess values of the available volume in pores of effective width of 0.5-1.5 nm. The adsorption of iodine was also featured in a recent study by Ziolkowska and Garbacz (1997), who applied the Langmuir, Freundlich and other isotherm equations. 

Huebner and Venkataraman69 demonstrated that starch can adsorb iodine from nonaqueous and not necessarily polar solvents, as shown in Table IV. Iodine adsorption by starch in aqueous ethanol increases as the ethanol content increases. Again, the solvent effect depends on the origin of the starch (Table II). The varying effects observed using benzene, ethanol, and chloroform may also be ascribed to the use of starches of different origin... 

As originally reported, selective precipitation of the A-fraction was accomplished by saturating a starch paste with butyl alcohol, then autoclaving for 2-3 hours at 18-20 lb. pressure. On cooling to room temperature, the A-fraction separated in characteristic crystalline form and could be collected by supercentrifuging. The yield was 22-23% frona either corn or potato starch. The iodine adsorption of the crude precipitated A-fraction was 16.5% for the non-precipitated B-fraction it was 1.5-1.7%. 

It was recognized that other alcohols might likewise effect a separation of starch components. Development of the iodine adsorption analysis has made it possible to evaluate the effectiveness of other precipitants as fractionating agents. According to recent tests, almost any monohydroxy alcohol will accomplish a separation under suitable conditions, and several of these are preferred to butyl alcohol. It is difficult to assign relative fractionating efficiencies to the various alcohols, since the... 

The yields of A-fraction by the above method are substantially higher than the 22-23% previously reported by butyl alcohol fractionation, since the latter method does not give as complete a separation. From the iodine adsorption of raw corn starch and of the purified A-fraction, Bates, French and Rundle have calculated the content of A-fraction in corn starch as 22%. This low value is due to the use of incompletely defatted starch, and its agreement with the yield by butyl alcohol precipitation is purely coincidental. Under preferred methods of testing, exhaustively defatted corn starch adsorbs 5.3% iodine. Dividing this latter value by the 19.0% iodine adsorption for the recrystallized A-fraction, a theoretical content of 28% is calculated for corn starch, in agreement with the yields by Pentasol fractionation. 

No satisfactory method has been found for removing the 3-4% of A-fraction presumably remaining in the Pentasol non-precipitated B-traction. Bates, French and Rundle have suggested that this may be removed by repeated treatment with cotton. Attempts to apply this purification have not been successful. Various grades of cotton, cellulose pulp, charcoal, activated alumina, precipitated aluminum hydroxide, bentonite and fuller s earth have been tested, without any significant improvement in the purity of the B-fraction. It is possible that Bundle s cotton treatment may introduce traces of lipid material (fatty acids or sterols) which mask the iodine adsorption. 

These samples could not be completely dissolved in alkali, due to retrogradation of unremoved A-fraction. Consequently, their iodine adsorption values are undoubtedly low. 

When the A-fraction from corn starch is potentiometrically titrated with iodine, its affinity for the latter is sharply reduced in the presence of small amounts of fatty acid. Thus the iodine adsorption of recrystallized A-fraction (originally 18.7%) is reduced to 12.4%, 3.5% and 0% by the addition respectively of 2%, 5% and 10% of palmitic acid. Raw corn starch contains approximately 0.66% of fatty acids, corresponding to approximately 2% on the basis of the linear A-fraction. Thus, a third of the linear component in raw com starch is inactivated. In a sense, Taylor and coworkers were correct in assuming an association between a-amylose and fatty acid, but they erred in presuming the combination to be an ester. 

Rating index for making char adsorbents is defmed as product of char yield and char iodine adsorption value (taken in percentage weight on as-measured basis). 

In order to calculate Rating Indices, the data required are those of char yield, liquid yield, gas yield and that of respective heating values and elemental composition of each hydrogen requirement for upgradation of liquids is necessary. Also, to calculate RI for char adsorbent making, char iodine adsorption value is required. 

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