Monel metal

Fluorine cannot be prepared directly by chemical methods. It is prepared in the laboratory and on an industrial scale by electrolysis. Two methods are employed (a) using fused potassium hydrogen-fluoride, KHFj, ill a cell heated electrically to 520-570 K or (b) using fused electrolyte, of composition KF HF = 1 2, in a cell at 340-370 K which can be electrically or steam heated. Moissan, who first isolated fluorine in 1886, used a method very similar to (b) and it is this process which is commonly used in the laboratory and on an industrial scale today. There have been many cell designs but the cell is usually made from steel, or a copper-nickel alloy ( Monel metal). Steel or copper cathodes and specially made amorphous carbon anodes (to minimise attack by fluorine) are used. Hydrogen is formed at the cathode and fluorine at the anode, and the hydrogen fluoride content of the fused electrolyte is maintained by passing in... 

Stirrers are usually made of glass, but those of monel metal, stainless steel or Teflon (a polyfluoroethylene) also find application in the labora tory. An important advantage of a stirrer with a Teflon blade is that it is... 

The stirrer stiould be provided witti a motor which will not ignite the hydrogen—eui induction motor or an air stirrer is suitable. The stirrer itself may be of glass. Monel metal or stainloss steel (c/. Fig. 11, 7, 6). 

The time-weighted, 8-h average limit for exposure to bromine pentafluoride is 0.1 ppm (67). Materials of constmction suitable for use with the bromine fluorides include nickel. Monel metal, or Teflon. For shipping, bromine trifluoride and pentafluoride are classified as oxidizers under DOT regulations. The trifluoride also requires a poison label. 

Rolled plate, natural surface 72 0.06 Monel metal, oxidized at 1110 F. 390-1110 0.41-0.46... 

Crotyl bromide [29576-14-5] M 135.0, b 103-105 /740mm, n s 1.4792. Dried with MgS04, CaC03 mixture. Fractionally distd through an all-glass Todd column. [Todd column. A column (which may be a Dufton type, fitted with a Monel metal rod and spiral, or a Hempel type, fitted with glass helices) which is surrounded by an open heating jacket so that the temperature can be adjusted to be close to the distillation temperature (Todd Ind Eng Chem (Anal Ed) 17 175 1945)]. 

Many fluorides are corrosive to glass and some metals Even the very corrosive anhydrous fluorides, however, can be handled at room temperature in steel, stainless steel, copper, and Teflon equipment For reactions at higher temperature, nickel and Monel metal are indispensable More data on corrosion of matenals are given in pages 22 and 23 of Chemistry of Organic Fluorine Cowjpoundi, published in 1676... 

World production of Bra in 1990 was about 438 000 tonnes pa, i.e. about one-hundredth of the scale of the chlorine industry. The main producing countries are (tonnes) USA 177000, Israel 135 000, Russia 60000, UK 28 000, France 18 000 and Japan 15 000. The production capacity of Israel has recently increased almost threefold because of expanded facilities on the Dead Sea. Historically, bromine was shipped in individual 3-kg (net) bottles to minimize damage due to breakage, but during the 1960s bulk transport in monel metal drums (100-kg capacity) or lead-lined tanks (24 or 48 tonnes) was developed and these are now used for transport by road, rail and ship. The price of Bra in tank-car lots was 975/kg in 1990. 

The Cs structure and dimensions (Fig. 17.26b) were established by microwave spectroscopy which also yielded a value for the molecular dipole moment p. 1.72D. Other physical properties of this colourless gas are mp -115° (or -123°), bp -6°, A//f(g,298K) —34 10kJmol [or — 273kJmol when corrected for A//f(HF, g) ]. FCIO2 is thermally stable at room temperature in dry passivated metal containers and quartz. Thermal decomposition of the gas (first-order kinetics) only becomes measurable above 300° in quartz and above 200° in Monel metal ... 

Monel metal. Use a suitable solvent to remove lubricant. The wires then should be dipped in the following solution until thoroughly cleaned 1 part glacial acetic acid + 1 part concentrated nitric acid. 

They must be readily accessible for cleaning, which should be carried out as frequently as necessary to ensure that pressure drop across the filter does not affect normal oil flow rates. The filtering medium should be of corrosion-resistant material such as Monel metal, phosphor-bronze or stainless steel. All first-stage filters should be provided with isolating valves. 

Solders are cathodic to steel, zinc and cadmium, and anodic to Monel metal. Although tin or tin-coated metals may be used safely in contact with aluminium when they are not fused with it, a joint in aluminium made with a tin-lead solder is liable to destructive corrosion. The formation, on fusion, of the grain-boundary state, which, as already mentioned, makes aluminium so dangerous an impurity in tin, is responsible. Tin-zinc solders may be used the zinc gives a useful degree of protection. 

The substitution of a more corrosion-resistant material, e.g. Monel metal or stainless steel, is often advocated but this is not necessarily a solution a 15% chromium steel, for instance, is prone to failure in corrosion fatigue because of the disruption of the normally protective surface film although as noted earlier some other materials are effective, e.g. Ti-6A1-4V alloys... 

Copper-zinc alloy, analysis, 177-179 Corrosion, of Monel metals, study by x-ray emission spectrography, 231 of stainless steels, study by x-ray emission spectrography, 230, 231 Counter, windowless, 55, 222 Counterfeit bank notes, histograms from, 225-227 Counters, see Detectors Counting, electronic, 46 Counting error, 65, 66 equation, 66, 278... 

The NO reduction over Cu-Ni-Fe alloys has been studied recently by Lamb and Tollefson. They tested copper wires, stainless steel turnings, and metal alloys from 378 to 500°C, at space velocities of 42,000-54,000 hr-1. The kinetics is found to be first order with respect to hydrogen between 400 and 55,000 ppm, and zero order with respect to NO between 600 and 6800 ppm 104). The activation energies of these reactions are found to be 12.0-18.2 kcal/mole. Hydrogen will reduce both oxygen and NO when they are simultaneously present. CO reduction kinetics were also studied over monel metals by Lunt et al. 43) and by Fedor et al. 105). Lunt speculated that the mechanism begins by oxidant attack on the metal surface... 

Probably the largest use of Ni is in the manuf of Monel metal, stainless steels, Ni-chrome resistance wire, in alloys for electronic and space applications, and as a catalyst (Raney Ni). It is also used as a fuel in pyrotechnics (Ref 2) and... 

First prepd and described in 1934 by Cady (Ref 4) by passing fluorine, dild with N, O or air, thru a specially constructed app made of Ni, Pt and Monel.metal contg approx 3N nitric add cooled to 0° or below. The resulting gaseous product was collected and analyzed. Later, Ruff et al (Ref 5) showed that... 

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