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Tungsten Bronze. Tungsten bron2es (30,31) constitute a series of well-defined non stoichiometric compounds of the general formula WO, where x is a variable between 0 and 1, and M is some other metal, generally an alkaU metal, although many other metals can also be substituted. 

The hexagonal-close-packed (hep) metals generally exhibit mechanical properties intermediate between those of the fee and bcc metals. For example Zn encounters a ductile-to-brittle transition whereas Zr and pure Ti do not. The latter and their alloys with a hep structure remain reasonably ductile at low temperatures and have been used for many applications where weight reduction and reduced heat leakage through the material have been important. However, small impurities of O, N, H, and C can have a detrimental effect on the low temperature ductihty properties of Ti and its alloys. 

We all hear that composite materials are very expensive, but you have seen in Chapter 1 that, one, material cost is coming down, and, two, composite structures can be less expensive to manufacture than metal structures. An effective structure can be created with an even more-expensive raw material than metals by using less-expensive manufacturing processes. The bottom line is that the initial cost of the structure can in some cases be lower for a composite material than for a metal. Generally, the life-cycle cost of a composite structure is lower than that of a metal structure. 

M = Metal (Generally 304 SS. Other alloys available) P = Plastic (Wide selection) C = Ceramic... 

The solubility of metals, 5, in molten metals generally varies with temperature according to the relationship... 

Concentrated hydrochloric acid will dissolve many metals (generally those situated above hydrogen in the electrochemical series), as well as many metallic oxides. Hot concentrated nitric acid dissolves most metals, but antimony, tin and tungsten are converted to slightly soluble acids thus providing a separation of these elements from other components of alloys. Hot concentrated sulphuric acid dissolves many substances and many organic materials are charred and then oxidised by this treatment. 

Depositing, in a vacuum, a thin layer of vaporized metal (generally aluminum) on a surface prepared by a base coat. 

Effect on substrate significant on metals generally not significant... 

Cyclopropanes can be cleaved by catalytic hydrogenolysis. Among the catalysts used have been Ni, Pd, and Pt. The reaction can often be run under mild condi-tions." ° Certain cyclopropane rings, especially cyclopropyl ketones and aryl-substituted cyclopropanes," can be reductively cleaved by an alkali metal (generally Na or Li) in liquid anunonia." Similar reduction has been accomplished photo-chemically in the presence of LiC104." ... 

Metals that are soft Lewis acids, for example cadmium, mercury, and lead, are extremely hazardous to living organisms. Tin, in contrast, is not. One reason is that tin oxide is highly insoluble, so tin seldom is found at measurable levels in aqueous solution. Perhaps more important, the toxic metals generally act by binding to sulfur in essential enz Tnes. Tin is a harder Lewis acid than the other heavy metals, so it has a lower affinity for sulfur, a relatively soft Lewis base. 

Summary of experimental data Film boiling correlations have been quite successfully developed with ordinary liquids. Since the thermal properties of metal vapors are not markedly different from those of ordinary liquids, it can be expected that the accepted correlations are applicable to liquid metals with a possible change of proportionality constants. In addition, film boiling data for liquid metals generally show considerably higher heat transfer coefficients than is predicted by the available theoretical correlations for hc. Radiant heat contribution obviously contributes to some of the difference (Fig. 2.40). There is a third mode of heat transfer that does not exist with ordinary liquids, namely, heat transport by the combined process of chemical dimerization and mass diffusion (Eq. 2-162). 

The sulfides of the group IIA metals generally have the sodium chloride structure, but those of the group IA metals have the antifluorite structure because the ratio of anions to cations is 2. Solutions of the sulfides are basic as a result of the hydrolysis reaction... 

Because of the chelate effect, ligands that can displace two or more water molecules from the coordination sphere of the metal generally form stable complexes. One ligand that forms very stable complexes is the anion ethylenediaminetetraacetate (EDTA4-),... 

Sandell, E. B. Onishi, H., Photometric Analysis of Traces of Metals General Aspects (4th edn), Wiley, New York, 1978. 

It is not possible to establish directly the value of the M-M distance corresponding to bond order of 1. Methods so easily applied to organic systems cannot be so readily applied here. First, the metallic radius for 12-coordinate metal is an average value, and second, as mentioned, the M-M distance (average) established for close-packed metals generally corresponds to a bond-order value of less than 1. At best only, the distance taken to correspond to a bond order of 1 is a crude approximation. Clearly, such arguments are enforced in any attempt to establish which correspond to bond orders of 2 or more. 

According to the Frank-Kasper definition, the coordination number is unambiguously 12 in the hexagonal close-packed metals and assumes the value 14 in a body-centred cubic metal. Generally in several complex metallic structures this definition yields reasonable values such as 14, even when the nearest-neighbour definition would give 1 or 2. 

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