Magnesium work

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Figure 11.1. A. Changes in the intensity of the Cu NMR signal in annealed and cold-worked copper and in alloys with zinc and silver. The maximum NMR absorption is corrected for the number of copper nuclei in the sample and plotted as a function of the solute concentration C. Data points for zinc alloys denoted by crosses and by open circles for silver. From Bloembergen and Rowlands (1953) by permission of Elsevier Science. B. " Mg NMR spectrum of pure annealed magnesium (lower), magnesium work-hardened by filing (middle) and a Mg+ 6 % Al alloy (upper). The insets in the upper spectrum shows the satellite powder pattern features enlarged vertically. From Bastow and Smith (1995), by permission of the copyright owner.

Magnesium works just as well in the reduction of TiCU as sodium in addition, commercial magnesium is already very pure and may be handled in air without special precautions. Thus, magnesium is the preferred reducing agent. 

In order to make magnesium work properly, a hollow magnesium body is filled with a mixture that creates temperatures high enough to ignite and melt the magnesium body. Actually, in the magnesium... 

Propiophenone. Prepare a solution of diphenyl-cadmium in 110 ml. of dry benzene using 4 9 g. of magnesium, 32 4 g. of bromobenzene and 19 5 g. of anhydrous cadmium chloride. Cool the solution to 10°, and add during 3 minutes a solution of 14 -8 g. of propionyl chloride (b.p. 78-79°) in 30 ml. of dry benzene use external coohng with an ice bath to prevent the temperature from rising above 40°. Stir the mixture for 2 hours at 25-35°. Work up the product as detailed above except that 6 per cent, sodium carbonate solution should replace the saturated sodium bicarbonate solution. The yield of propiophenone, b.p. 100-102°/16 mm., is 17 6 g. 

Aqueous work-up of the typical Grignard reaction gives a mixed magnesium hydroxide—haUde solution or suspension which must be disposed of. The cost of disposal of the acidic aqueous waste in accordance with local wastewater treatment regulations must also be considered. 

Dead Sea Works Process. The Dead Sea Works, a subsidiary of Israel Chemicals Ltd., aimounced plans ia 1992 to constmct a 25,000 t/yr magnesium plant at Beer-Sheva, Israel. The plant, to be based on Russian camaHite technology, is designed to use an existing potash plant as the source of camaHte. The chlorine by-product can be either Hquefted and sold, or used ia an existing bromine plant. Waste streams from the camaHite process, as well as spent electrolyte from the electrolytic cells, can be returned to the potash plant. 

Other Processes. Dead Sea Periclase (DSP, Mishor Rotem, Israel) converts magnesium chloride into MgO by spray-roasting, then hydrates the MgO to Mg(OH)2. The Mg(OH)2 is washed and dmm filtered. DSP purchases the brine from Dead Sea Works, which collects and stores enriched brine from the southern margins of the Dead Sea (77). 

Economic Aspects. Epsom salt is usuaUy shipped in bulk or in 45-kg bags. Magnesium sulfate solution can be shipped in bulk, in either totes or dmms. In January 1995 prices for a tmcHoad in doUars per 100 kg were MgSO 2 technical, 10% Mg, in bags 37.49— 40.79, works in bulk 35.28 ... 

The 1990s reduction process was based on work started in the early 1930s. A magnesium vacuum reduction process was developed for reduction of titanium tetrachloride to metal. Based on this process, the U.S. Bureau of Mines (BOM) initiated a program in 1940 to develop commercial production. Some years later, the BOM pubHcized its work on titanium and made samples available to the industrial community. By 1948, the BOM produced batch sizes of 104 kg. In the same year, Du Pont aimounced commercial availabiHty of titanium, thus beginning the modem titanium metals industry (1). 

Some cutting fluids, eg, oils, may present a fire ha2ard. Some work materials, eg, magnesium, aluminum, titanium (under certain conditions), and uranium, in finely divided form, also present fire ha2ards. Very small metal chips or dust may ignite. 

Fast Color Salts. In order to simplify the work of the dyer, diazonium salts, in the form of stable dry powders, were introduced under the name of fast color salts. When dissolved in water they react like ordinary diazo compounds. These diazonium salts, derived from amines, free from solubilizing groups, are prepared by the usual method and are salted out from the solutions as the sulfates, the metallic double salts, or the aromatic sulfonates. The isolated diazonium salt is sold in admixture with anhydrous salts such as sodium sulfate or magnesium sulfate. 

Pure barium is a silvery-white metal, although contamination with nitrogen produces a yellowish color. The metal is relatively soft and ductile and may be worked readily. It is fairly volatile (though less so than magnesium), and this property is used to advantage in commercial production. Barium has a bcc crystal stmcture at atmospheric pressure, but undergoes soHd-state phase transformations at high pressures (2,3). Because of such transformations, barium exhibits pressure-induced superconductivity at sufftciendy low temperatures (4,5). 

Development of practical and low cost separators has been an active area of ceU development. CeU separators must be compatible with molten lithium, restricting the choice to ceramic materials. Early work employed boron nitride [10043-11-5] BN, but a more desirable separator has been developed using magnesium oxide [1309-48-4], MgO, or a composite ofMgO powder—BN fibers. Corrosion studies have shown that low carbon steel or... 

No fewer than 14 pure metals have densities se4.5 Mg (see Table 10.1). Of these, titanium, aluminium and magnesium are in common use as structural materials. Beryllium is difficult to work and is toxic, but it is used in moderate quantities for heat shields and structural members in rockets. Lithium is used as an alloying element in aluminium to lower its density and save weight on airframes. Yttrium has an excellent set of properties and, although scarce, may eventually find applications in the nuclear-powered aircraft project. But the majority are unsuitable for structural use because they are chemically reactive or have low melting points." ... 

Aluminium and magnesium melt at just over 900 K. Room temperature is 0.3 T and 100°C is 0.4 T, . Substantial diffusion can take place in these alloys if they are used for long periods at temperatures approaching 80-100°C. Several processes can occur to reduce the yield strength loss of solutes from supersaturated solid solution, overageing of precipitates and recrystallisation of cold-worked microstructures. 

Hydrogen is involved in cathodic protection with magnesium anodes on account of the high contribution of self-corrosion. This must be considered in its use in closed containers, e.g., boilers. In enamelled boilers there is no danger from deflagration of the oxy-hydrogen gas under normal service conditions [2] however safety requirements must be observed [28,29], particularly with routine maintenance work. 

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