Molybdenum-nickel-aluminum

The predominant process for manufacture of aniline is the catalytic reduction of nitroben2ene [98-95-3] ixh. hydrogen. The reduction is carried out in the vapor phase (50—55) or Hquid phase (56—60). A fixed-bed reactor is commonly used for the vapor-phase process and the reactor is operated under pressure. A number of catalysts have been cited and include copper, copper on siHca, copper oxide, sulfides of nickel, molybdenum, tungsten, and palladium—vanadium on alumina or Htbium—aluminum spinels. Catalysts cited for the Hquid-phase processes include nickel, copper or cobalt supported on a suitable inert carrier, and palladium or platinum or their mixtures supported on carbon. 

Powder Formation. Metallic powders can be formed by any number of techniques, including the reduction of corresponding oxides and salts, the thermal dissociation of metal compounds, electrolysis, atomization, gas-phase synthesis or decomposition, or mechanical attrition. The atomization method is the one most commonly used, because it can produce powders from alloys as well as from pure metals. In the atomization process, a molten metal is forced through an orifice and the stream is broken up with a jet of water or gas. The molten metal forms droplets to minimize the surface area, which solidify very rapidly. Currently, iron-nickel-molybdenum alloys, stainless steels, tool steels, nickel alloys, titanium alloys, and aluminum alloys, as well as many pure metals, are manufactured by atomization processes. 

Alloys are prepared commercially and in the laboratory by melting the active metal and aluminum in a crucible and quenching the resultant melt which is then crushed and screened to the particle size range required for a particular application. The alloy composition is very important as different phases leach quite differently leading to markedly different porosities and crystallite sizes of the active metal. Mondolfo [14] provides an excellent compilation of the binary and ternary phase diagrams for aluminum alloys including those used for the preparation of skeletal metal catalysts. Alloys of a number of compositions are available commercially for activation in the laboratory or plant. They include alloys of aluminum with nickel, copper, cobalt, chromium-nickel, molybdenum-nickel, cobalt-nickel, and iron-nickel. 

Fundamental studies have been reported using the cationic liquid ion exchanger di(2-ethylhexyl) phosphoric acid in the extraction of uranium from wet-process phosphoric acid (H34), yttrium from nitric acid solution (Hll), nickel and zinc from a waste phsophate solution (P9), samarium, neodymium, and cerium from their chloride solutions (12), aluminum, cobalt, chromium, copper, iron, nickel, molybdenum, selenium, thorium, titanium, yttrium, and zinc (Lll), and in the formation of iron and rare earth di(2-ethylhexyl) phosphoric acid polymers (H12). Other cationic liquid ion exchangers that have been used include naphthenic acid, an inexpensive carboxylic acid to separate copper from nickel (F4), di-alkyl phosphate to recover vanadium from carnotite type uranium ores (M42), and tributyl phosphate to separate rare earths (B24). 

Cobalt metal Nickel metal Tungsten carbide Borium carbide Titanium metal Tantal metal Niob metal Molybdenum Aluminum Cutting fluids Rubber materials Diamond... 

Other alloying elements are added for improved corrosion resistance, fabricability, and variations in strength. These elements include appreciable amounts of nickel, molybdenum, copper, titanium, silicon, aluminum, sulfur, and many others that cause pronovmced metallurgical changes. The commonly recognized standard types of stainless steels follow. The chemical compositions of stainless steels are given in App. F. 

The preparation of the Raney-Ni catalysts follows the conventional method [14], Pure metallic cobalt, chromium, iron, and molybdenum as fine powders were added to nickel and aluminum powders, with a Ni/Me molar ratio around 0.02. Then, the alloy powders were submitted to a leaching process with soda under different temperatures to obtain promoted Raney-Ni catalysts. Besides the prepared samples, a commercial Raney-Ni catalyst (GETEC) was also tested [15], The industrial leaching process from GETEC was adopted sodium hydroxide solution (6 M) was added to the alloy and the mixture was heated at 100 and 120 °C for 2 h and stirred at 1200 rpm. 

Since the number of slip systems is not usually a function of temperature, the ductility of face-centered cubic metals is relatively insensitive to a decrease in temperature. Metals of other crystal lattice types tend to become brittle at low temperatures. Crystal structure and ductility are related because the face-centered cubic lattice has more slip systems than the other crystal structures. In addition, the slip planes of body-centered cubic and hexagonal close-packed crystals tend to change at low temperature, which is not the case for face-centered cubic metals. Therefore, copper, nickel, all of the copper-nickel alloys, aluminum and its alloys, and the austenitic stainless steels that contain more than approximately 7% nickel, all face-centered cubic, remain ductile down to the low temperatures, if they are ductile at room temperature. Iron, carbon and low-alloy steels, molybdenum, and niobium, all body-centered cubic, become brittle at low temperatures. The hexagonal close-packed metals occupy an intermediate place between fee and bcc behavior. Zinc undergoes a transition to brittle behavior in tension, zirconium and pure titanium remain ductile. 

Indeed, numerous experimental studies have been performed to study the evolution of the environment in a crevice. Most data were obtained in actively corroding artificial crevices or pits, either by sampling the solution or by direct pH and Cl concentration measurements. Table 10.1 summarizes significant results that confirm the foregoing trends. In crevice solutions, the drop of pH depends on the hydrolysis constants of the metal cations. On stainless alloys, chromium and molybdenum are considered to be the cause of the very low, sometimes negative, pH observed. Iron, nickel, and aluminum exhibit much less acidic hydrolysis reactions and the pH values in the crevices are higher values of 3-5 are reported for iron, values of 3—4 for the aluminum alloys. 

Some metals used as metallic coatings are considered nontoxic, such as aluminum, magnesium, iron, tin, indium, molybdenum, tungsten, titanium, tantalum, niobium, bismuth, and the precious metals such as gold, platinum, rhodium, and palladium. However, some of the most important poUutants are metallic contaminants of these metals. Metals that can be bioconcentrated to harmful levels, especially in predators at the top of the food chain, such as mercury, cadmium, and lead are especially problematic. Other metals such as silver, copper, nickel, zinc, and chromium in the hexavalent oxidation state are highly toxic to aquatic Hfe (37,57—60). 

In addition, molybdenum has high resistance to a number of alloys of these metals and also to copper, gold, and silver. Among the molten metals that severely attack molybdenum are tin (at 1000°C), aluminum, nickel, iron, and cobalt. Molybdenum has moderately good resistance to molten zinc, but a molybdenum—30% tungsten alloy is practically completely resistant to molten zinc at temperatures up to 800°C. Molybdenum metal is substantially resistant to many types of molten glass and to most nonferrous slags. It is also resistant to hquid sulfur up to 440°C. 

Another anomalous property of some nickel—iron aHoys, which are caHed constant-modulus aHoys, is a positive thermoelastic coefficient which occurs in aHoys having 27—43 wt % nickel. The elastic moduH in these aHoys increase with temperature. UsuaHy, and with additions of chromium, molybdenum, titanium, or aluminum, the constant-modulus aHoys are used in precision weighing machines, measuring devices, and osciHating mechanisms (see Weighing AND proportioning). 

The physical and mechanical properties of steel depend on its microstmcture, that is, the nature, distribution, and amounts of its metaHographic constituents as distinct from its chemical composition. The amount and distribution of iron and iron carbide determine most of the properties, although most plain carbon steels also contain manganese, siUcon, phosphoms, sulfur, oxygen, and traces of nitrogen, hydrogen, and other chemical elements such as aluminum and copper. These elements may modify, to a certain extent, the main effects of iron and iron carbide, but the influence of iron carbide always predominates. This is tme even of medium alloy steels, which may contain considerable amounts of nickel, chromium, and molybdenum. 

Residual Elements. In addition to carbon, manganese, phosphoms, sulfur, and silicon which are always present, carbon steels may contain small amounts of hydrogen, oxygen, or nitrogen, introduced during the steelmaking process nickel, copper, molybdenum, chromium, and tin, which may be present in the scrap and aluminum, titanium, vanadium, or zirconium, which may have been introduced during deoxidation. 

Stainless Steels. Stainless steels are more resistant to msting and staining than plain carbon and low ahoy steels (47—50). This superior corrosion resistance results from the presence of chromium. Although other elements, such as copper, aluminum, shicon, nickel, and molybdenum, also increase corrosion resistance these are limited in their usefiilness. 

The first iron—nickel martensitic alloys contained ca 0.01% carbon, 20 or 25% nickel, and 1.5—2.5% aluminum and titanium. Later an 18% nickel steel containing cobalt, molybdenum, and titanium was developed, and still more recentiy a senes of 12% nickel steels containing chromium and molybdenum came on the market. 

Temperature, op Carbon steel, carbon-molybdenum low-chromium (through 3 Cr Mo) 5Cr Mo through 9 Cr Mo Austenitic stainless steels, 18 Cr, 8 Ni 12 Cr 17 Cr 27 Cr 25 Cr, 20 Ni Monel 67 Ni, 30Cii 3V2 Nickel Aluminum Gray cast iron Bronze Brass 70Cii, 30 Ni Ni-Fe-Cr Ni-Cr-Fe Ductile iron... 

The resistance of a metal to erosion-corrosion is based principally on the tenacity of the coating of corrosion products it forms in the environment to which it is exposed. Zinc (brasses), aluminum (aluminum brass), and nickel (cupronickel) alloyed with copper increase the coating s tenacity. An addition of V2 to 1)4% iron to cupronickel can greatly increase its erosion-corrosion resistance for the same reason. Similarly, chromium added to iron-base alloys and molybdenum added to austenitic stainless steels will increase resistance to erosion-corrosion. 

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