Silicic acid molybdate-active

When fine powders of vitreous silica, quartz, tridymite, cristobalite, coesite, and stishovite of known particle-size distribution and specific surface area are investigated for their solubility in aqueous suspensions, final concentrations at and below the level of the saturated concentration of molybdate-active silicic acid are established. Experimental evidence indicates that all final concentrations are influenced by surface adsorption of silicic acid. Thus, the true solubility, in the sense of a saturated concentration of silicic acid in dynamic equilibrium with the suspended silica modification, is obscured. Regarding this solubility, the experimental final concentration represents a more or less supersaturated state. Through adsorption, the normally slow dissolution rates of silica decrease further with increasing silicic acid concentrations. Great differences exist between the dissolution rates of the individual samples. 

Tn 1950 Weitz et al. (23) developed a sensitive colorimetric method to measure small amounts of oligomeric silicic acid in the presence of polymeric forms. Oligomeric acid in this sense comprises molecules up to hexameric chains of hydrated SiC>4 tetrahedrons, which react readily with ammonium molybdate. Hence, this fraction of a sol is frequently referred to as molybdate-active silicic acid. 

Eady catalysts for acrolein synthesis were based on cuprous oxide and other heavy metal oxides deposited on inert silica or alumina supports (39). Later, catalysts more selective for the oxidation of propylene to acrolein and acrolein to acrylic acid were prepared from bismuth, cobalt, iron, nickel, tin salts, and molybdic, molybdic phosphoric, and molybdic silicic acids. Preferred second-stage catalysts generally are complex oxides containing molybdenum and vanadium. Other components, such as tungsten, copper, tellurium, and arsenic oxides, have been incorporated to increase low temperature activity and productivity (39,45,46). 

UV-active anions and cations, transition metals after reaction with 4-(2-pirydyloazo) rezordnol (PAR), aluminum after reaction with tiron, lanthanides after reaction with arsenazo I, polyvalent anions after reaction with iron(III), silicate and orthophosphate after reaction with molybdate Ammonium, amino acids, and primary amines after reaction with 0-phenylamine (OPA) Anions and cations at higher concentrations... 

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