Moderator temperature

COT is prepared by the polymerization of ethyne at moderate temperature and pressure in the presence of nickel salts. The molecule is non-planar and behaves as a typical cyclic olefin, having no aromatic properties. It may be catalytically hydrogenated to cyclo-octene, but with Zn and dil. sulphuric acid gives 1,3,6-cyclooclairiene. It reacts with maleic anhydride to give an adduct, m.p. 166 C, derived from the isomeric structure bicyclo-4,2,0-octa-2,4,7-triene(I) ... 

The above rate law has been observed for many metals and alloys either anodically oxidized or exposed to oxidizing atmospheres at low to moderate temperatures—see e.g. [60]. It should be noted that a variety of different mechanisms of growth have been proposed (see e.g. [61, 62]) but they have in common that they result in either the inverse logaritlnnic or the direct logarithmic growth law. For many systems, the experimental data obtained up to now fit both growth laws equally well, and, hence, it is difficult to distinguish between them. 

It is rather slow at moderate temperatures sind the hydrobromic acid formed in the initial stages of the resLCtion inhibits its further progress. By carrying out the reaction at 60-70 or above in the presence of a large excess of water, the inhibition observed at lower temper, atuies does not occur. 

It is a shiny, white, soft, and ductile metal, and takes on a bluish cast when exposed to air at room temperatures for a long time. The metal starts to oxidize in air at 200oC, and when processed at even moderate temperatures must be placed in a protective atmosphere. 

It has been known since the early 1950s that butadiene reacts with CO to form aldehydes and ketones that could be treated further to give adipic acid (131). Processes for producing adipic acid from butadiene and carbon monoxide [630-08-0] have been explored since around 1970 by a number of companies, especially ARCO, Asahi, BASF, British Petroleum, Du Pont, Monsanto, and Shell. BASF has developed a process sufficiendy advanced to consider commercialization (132). There are two main variations, one a carboalkoxylation and the other a hydrocarboxylation. These differ in whether an alcohol, such as methanol [67-56-1is used to produce intermediate pentenoates (133), or water is used for the production of intermediate pentenoic acids (134). The former is a two-step process which uses high pressure, >31 MPa (306 atm), and moderate temperatures (100—150°C) (132—135). Butadiene,... 

Dust Filter. The cloth or bag dust filter is the oldest and often the most reHable of the many methods for removing dusts from an air stream. Among their advantages are high (often 99+%) collection efficiency, moderate pressure drop and power consumption, recovery of the dust in a dry and often reusable form, and no water to saturate the exhaust gases as when a wet scmbber is used. There are also numerous disadvantages maintenance for bag replacement can be expensive as well as a sometimes unpleasant task these filters are suitable only for low to moderate temperature use they cannot be used where Hquid condensation may occur they may be hazardous with combustible and explosive dusts and they are bulky, requiring considerable installation space. 

Recovery of Ammonia. The filter Hquor contains unreacted sodium chloride and substantially all the ammonia with which the brine was originally saturated. The ammonia may be fixed or free. Fixed ammonia (ammonium chloride [12125-02-97]) corresponds stoichiometrically to the precipitated sodium bicarbonate. Free ammonia includes salts such as ammonium hydroxide, bicarbonate, and carbonate, and the several possible carbon—ammonia compounds that decompose at moderate temperatures. A sulfide solution may be added to the filter Hquor for corrosion protection. The sulfide is distilled for eventual absorption by the brine in the absorber. As the filter Hquor enters the distiller, it is preheated by indirect contact with departing gases. The warmed Hquor enters the main coke, tile, or bubble cap-fiUed sections of the distiller where heat decomposes the free ammonium compounds and steam strips the ammonia and carbon dioxide from the solution. 

Supercritical Extraction. The use of a supercritical fluid such as carbon dioxide as extractant is growing in industrial importance, particularly in the food-related industries. The advantages of supercritical fluids (qv) as extractants include favorable solubiHty and transport properties, and the abiHty to complete an extraction rapidly at moderate temperature. Whereas most of the supercritical extraction processes are soHd—Hquid extractions, some Hquid—Hquid extractions are of commercial interest also. For example, the removal of ethanol from dilute aqueous solutions using Hquid carbon dioxide... 

Olefins are carbonylated in concentrated sulfuric acid at moderate temperatures (0—40°C) and low pressures with formic acid, which serves as the source of carbon monoxide (Koch-Haaf reaction) (187). Liquid hydrogen fluoride, preferably in the presence of boron trifluoride, is an equally good catalyst and solvent system (see Carboxylic acids). 

The addition proceeds in three discrete steps and the intermediates can be isolated. Simple alkenes are less reactive than alkynes and do not undergo the addition to aHylic boranes, but electron-rich alkyl vinyl ethers react at moderate temperatures to give 1,4-dienes or dienyl alcohols (440). 

Molecular beam epitaxy is a non-CVD epitaxial process that deposits silicon through evaporation. MBE is becoming more common as commercial equipment becomes available. In essence, silicon is heated to moderate temperature by an electron beam in a high vacuum... 

Itaconic acid (1) is isomeric with citraconic [498-23-7] (2) and mesaconic [498-24-8] (3) acids. Under acidic, neutral, or mildly basic conditions and at moderate temperatures, itaconic acid is stable. At elevated temperatures or under strongly basic conditions, the isomers are interconvertible. 

Nitration. Naphthalene is easily nitrated with mixed acids, eg, nitric and sulfuric, at moderate temperatures to give mostly 1-nitronaphthalene and small quantities, 3—5%, of 2-nitronaphthalene. 2-Nitronaphthalene [581-89-5] is not made in substantial amounts by direct nitration and must be produced by indirect methods, eg, the Bucherer reaction starting with 2-naphthalenol (2-naphthol [135-19-3]). However, the 2-naphthylamine [91-59-8] made using this route is a carcinogen thus the Bucherer method is seldom used in the United States. 

Glass offers good resistance to strong acid at high temperatures. However, it is subject to thermal shock and a gradual loss in integrity as materials such as iron and siUca are leached out into the acid. Nonmetallic materials such as PTFE, PVDC, PVDF, and furan can be used for nitric acid to a limited degree, but are mainly restricted to weak acid service at ambient to moderate temperatures. 

Diesters of Tetracarboxylic Acids with Diamines. Dianhydrides react with alcohols at a moderate temperature, producing the tetracarboxyhc acid diesters. Ben2ophenonetetracarboxyhc acid diester (BTTA diester) is obtained from B I DA as a mixture of three positional isomers. Partiy because it is an isomeric mixture, the diester of BTTA is soluble in methanol at high concentrations. A state-of-the-art thermoset polyimide,... 

In the United States and some European countries, beet-sugar-waste molasses, or Stefen s waste, has been used as raw material for MSG production. The 2-pyrrohdinone-5-carboxyhc acid [98-79-3] contained ia beet sugar as by-product, is hydrolyzed at weakly alkaline pH, and moderate temperature (eg, pH 10.5—11.5, at 85°C for 2 h) to avoid racemization (14). The pH of the hydrolyzate is adjusted to 3.2 with a mineral acid to precipitate crystals of L-glutamic acid. The L-glutamic acid crystals obtained are transformed to MSG as described above. 

The equilibrium can be controlled to favor product alcohol if high pressures and low temperatures are appHed. The advantage of low temperature is difficult to utilize, however, because most known catalysts requite high or moderate temperatures to be effective. 

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