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The side-chain chlorine contents of benzyl chloride, benzal chloride, and benzotrichlorides are determined by hydrolysis with methanolic sodium hydroxide followed by titration with silver nitrate. Total chlorine determination, including ring chlorine, is made by standard combustion methods (55). Several procedures for the gas chromatographic analysis of chlorotoluene mixtures have been described (56,57). Proton and nuclear magnetic resonance shifts, characteristic iafrared absorption bands, and principal mass spectral peaks have been summarized including sources of reference spectra (58). Procedures for measuring trace benzyl chloride ia air (59) and ia water (60) have been described. 

The ordination of 23 taxa or groups of taxa in relation to the environmental predictors was examined by means of multivariate analyses. Nutrients (nitrates, total phosphate, and ammonia), conductivity, total suspended solids and water flow were retained by the redundancy analysis (RDA) (Fig. 4). The first RDA axis (RDA1 16.6% of the variance) showed a strong correlation between nutrients and suspended solids and (negatively) water flow. Large centric diatoms and Scenedesmus sp.pl. best defined this situation, which was characteristic of the meandering zone, mostly in autumn. Other taxa (Coelastrum microporum,... 

As a first cut, univariate regression was used to see relationships between pairs of measured variables. The results are summarized in Table 6. It is seen that the particle scattering coefficient is highly correlated with the total fine aerosol mass concentrations, sulfate, and ammonium. To a lesser degree it is correlated with the particle absorption coefficient, potassium, and the unaccounted mass concentration. My. The correlations between the particle scattering coefficient and the nitrate, total carbon (Ct) and crustal species are poor. The poor correlation, r=0.6J, between bgp and the soot concentration is probably an indication of the error in the soot measurement. Although the sulfate and the unaccounted mass are highly correlated with the total mass, they are not well correlated with each other (r=0.49). 

The term hardness refers to the presence of calcium and magnesium salts. Temporary hardness is due to the presence of the bicarbonates of calcium and magnesium and permanent hardness to calcium and magnesium chlorides, sulphates and nitrates. Total hardness, as might be expected, is the sum of temporary and permanent hardness. Measurement is expressed as the equivalent concentration of calcium carbonate in milligrams pier litre or parts per million (m/v) and is also termed degree of hardness . Approximate classifications are... 

Figure 12.2 Observations of total inorganic carbon, nitrate, total inorganic phosphorus, oxygen and H+ in the North Pacific Ocean a ef a/., in prep.). The total inorganic-carbon concentration in this figure is also shown resolved into its components, HCO3, CO and H cal axes here and in subsequent figures give depth in kilometres. Dominant species of each element are shown adjacent to each figure.

Figure 19. Influence of copper as a promoter on the reduction of Ni0/Si02. The NiO/Si02 sample is the same as for the experiments of Fig. 13. Part of the sample was subjected to a second impregnation with copper nitrate (total Cu added 0.4 wt%) calculated on the total NiO + Si02 weight) and calcined at 773 K in air for 5h. The apparent (or conventional) maximum degree of reduction, ama, corresponds to that obtained after 40 min. Reduction in pure hydrogen (lOOkPa) [81].

Temperature of Nitration. Total Yield. 7-Isomeride. 5-Isomeride. 

In the condition of sanitary-chemical laboratory and the bacteriologic one of National Scientific and Practical Center of Preventive Medicine and Municipal Center of Preventive Medicine Chisinau after the standardized methods there was accomplished the sample analysis of water from aqueducts, the well from Chisinau and suburbs as well. There were determined the following indicators turbidity, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, total dissolved solid, concentration of fluoride, hardness, content of calcium, magnesium, K+Na, chloride, sulfate, carbohydrate, iron, NTG, coliform bacterium. 

Figure 6 shows a schematic overview of the computational strategy. All quantities listed under model parameters are to be determined by the model. These parameters are combined in the vector of independent parameters p. They have to be initialized to start the calculation (see the literature for initialization strategies), and they will be varied in a systematic way in the course of the calculations. Using the initial independent parameters, the model simulates the distributions of all steady-state (temperature, salinity, oxygen, phosphate, nitrate, total inorganic carbon, alkalinity, and radiocarbon) and transient (CFCs) tracers, as in normal forward models. The simulated tracer concentrations are combined in a vector of dependent parameters p. All dependent... 

Mixed copper/zinc catalysts with high copper-to-zinc ratios are widely used as catalysts for low-pressure methanol production and for low-temperature shift reaction [2, 31], see also Chapter 15. These catalysts are commonly made by coprecipitating mixed-metal nitrate solutions by addition of alkali. Li and Inui [32] showed that apart from chemical composition, pH and temperature are key process parameters. Catalyst precursors were prepared by mixing aqueous solutions of copper, zinc, and aluminum nitrates (total concentration 1 mol/1) and a solution of sodium carbonate (1 mol/1). pH was kept at the desired level by adjusting the relative flow rate of the two liquids. After precipitation was complete, the slurry was aged for at least 0.5 h. When the precipitation was conducted at pH 7.0, the precipitate consisted of a malachite-like phase (Cu,Zn)C03(0H)2 and the resulting catalysts were very active, while at pH < 6 the formation of hydroxynitrates was favored, which led to catalysts less active than those prepared at pH 7.0 (Figure 7.8). 

Although originally flow injection techniques were developed for off-site measurements, their outstanding feature is the capability for both in situ and realtime monitoring of chemical parameters in water. This way, the simultaneous determination of the relevant parameters in water samples such as ammonium, nitrite, nitrate, total nitrogen, orthophosphate, total phosphate, and total organic carbon is possible (Table 4). 

Nitric acid being the solvent, terms involving its concentration cannot enter the rate equation. This form of the rate equation is consistent with reaction via molecular nitric acid, or any species whose concentration throughout the reaction bears a constant ratio to the stoichiometric concentration of nitric acid. In the latter case the nitrating agent may account for any fraction of the total concentration of acid, provided that it is formed quickly relative to the speed of nitration. More detailed information about the mechanism was obtained from the effects of certain added species on the rate of reaction. 

The value of the second-order rate constant for nitration of benzene-sulphonic acid in anhydrous sulphuric acid varies with the concentration of the aromatic substrate and with that of additives such as nitromethane and sulphuryl chloride. The effect seems to depend on the total concentration of non-electrolyte, moderate values of which (up to about 0-5 mol 1 ) depress the rate constant. More substantial concentrations of non-electrolytes can cause marked rate enhancements in this medium. Added hydrogen sulphate salts or bases such as pyridine... 

If we consider the effect of nitrous acid upon zeroth-order nitration in organic solvents we must bear in mind that in these circumstances dinitrogen tetroxide is not much ionised, so the measured concentration of nitrous acid gives to a close approximation the concentration of dinitrogen tetroxide. Further, the negligible self-ionisation of nitric acid ensures that the total concentration of nitrate ions is effectively that formed from dinitrogen tetroxide. Consequently as we can see from the equation for the ionisation of dinitrogen tetroxide ( 4.3.1),... 

Quantitative eomparisons of aromatic reactivities were made by using the competitive method with solutions of nitronium tetrafluoroborate in sulpholan, and a concentration of aromatic compounds 10 times that of the salt. To achieve this condition considerable proportions of the aromatic compoimds were added to the medium, thus depriving the sulpholan of its role as true solvent thus, in the nitration of the alkyl- and halogeno-benzenes, the description of the experimental method shows that about 50-60 cm of mixed aromatic compounds were dissolved in a total of 130 cm of sulpholan. 

That some modification to the position so far described might be necessary was indicated by some experiments of Nesmeyanov and his co-workers. Amongst other compounds they nitrated phenyl trimethyl ammonium and triphenyloxonium tetrafluoroborates with mixed acid the former gave 96 % of m- and 4 % of -nitro compound (88 % total yield), whilst the latter gave 80% of the tri-(p-nitrophenyl)oxonium salt. Ridd and his co-workers have made a quantitative study of the phenyl trimethyl ammonium ion. Their results, and those of other recent workers on the nitration of several cations, are collected in table 9.3. 

The case of i-methyl-4-quinolone is puzzling. The large proportion of the 3-nitro isomer formed in the nitration (table 10.3 cf. 4-hydroxyquinoline) might be a result of nitration via the free base but this is not substantiated by the acidity dependence of the rate of nitration or by the Arrhenius parameters. From r-methyl-4-quinolone the total yield of nitro-compounds was not high (table ro.3). 

Analytical Procedures. Standard methods for analysis of food-grade adipic acid are described ia the Food Chemicals Codex (see Refs, ia Table 8). Classical methods are used for assay (titration), trace metals (As, heavy metals as Pb), and total ash. Water is determined by Kad-Fisher titration of a methanol solution of the acid. Determination of color ia methanol solution (APHA, Hazen equivalent, max. 10), as well as iron and other metals, are also described elsewhere (175). Other analyses frequendy are required for resia-grade acid. For example, hydrolyzable nitrogen (NH, amides, nitriles, etc) is determined by distillation of ammonia from an alkaline solution. Reducible nitrogen (nitrates and nitroorganics) may then be determined by adding DeVarda s alloy and continuing the distillation. Hydrocarbon oil contaminants may be determined by ir analysis of halocarbon extracts of alkaline solutions of the acid. 

Ammonium nitrate-based explosives account for about 97% of total U.S. industrial explosive consumption. Coal mining in the United States formed about 65—68% of the demand for explosives in 1991. The remaining uses were quarrying and nonmetal mining, 15% metal mining, 10% constmction, 7% miscellaneous uses, 3—4%. The properties of ammonium nitrate are given in Table 18 (173,239—242). 

MgO. Only about 5% of total fertilizer potash is furnished as potassium sulfate and other nonchlotide forms including potassium nitrate. 

The most popular device for fluoride analysis is the ion-selective electrode (see Electro analytical techniques). Analysis usiag the electrode is rapid and this is especially useful for dilute solutions and water analysis. Because the electrode responds only to free fluoride ion, care must be taken to convert complexed fluoride ions to free fluoride to obtain the total fluoride value (8). The fluoride electrode also can be used as an end poiat detector ia titration of fluoride usiag lanthanum nitrate [10099-59-9]. Often volumetric analysis by titration with thorium nitrate [13823-29-5] or lanthanum nitrate is the method of choice. The fluoride is preferably steam distilled from perchloric or sulfuric acid to prevent iaterference (9,10). Fusion with a sodium carbonate—sodium hydroxide mixture or sodium maybe required if the samples are covalent or iasoluble. 

Mineral Deposits. The only iodine obtained from minerals has been a by-product of the processing of nitrate ores in Chile. CaUche occurs in the Atacama desert of Northern Chile and west of the Andes mountains. The Atacama desert is known as the driest of the world s deserts, where measurable (>1 mm) rainfalls may be as infrequent as once every 5—29 years (58). The caUche deposits occur in an area averaging 700 km (north—south) by 30 km (east—west). The iodine may total over 5 x 10 t (59). 

Ferrous Sulfdte Titration. For deterrnination of nitric acid in mixed acid or for nitrates that are free from interferences, ferrous sulfate titration, the nitrometer method, and Devarda s method give excellent results. The deterrnination of nitric acid and nitrates in mixed acid is based on the oxidation of ferrous sulfate [7720-78-7] by nitric acid and may be subject to interference by other materials that reduce nitric acid or oxidize ferrous sulfate. Small amounts of sodium chloride, potassium bromide, or potassium iodide may be tolerated without serious interference, as can nitrous acid up to 50% of the total amount of nitric acid present. Strong oxidizing agents, eg, chlorates, iodates, and bromates, interfere by oxidizing the standardized ferrous sulfate. 

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