Other ammonium compounds

Ammonium chloride is analyzed by treatment with formaldehyde (neutralized with NaOH) and the product HCl formed is analyzed by titration using an acid-base color indicator such as phenolphthalein. Alternatively, it may be mixed with caustic soda solution and distdled. The distillate may be analyzed for NH3 by titration with H2SO4 or by colorimetric Nesslerization or with an ammonia-selective electrode (APHA, AWWA, WEF. 1995. Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater. 19th ed. Washington, DC, American Pubhc Health Association). The presence of ammonia or any other ammonium compound would interfere in the test. The moisture content in NH4CI may be determined by Karl—Fischer method. 

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS. Several of the principal ammonium compounds are described in separate entries in this volume. See also Ammonium Chloride Ammonium Nitrate Ammonium Phosphates and Ammonium Sulfate. The important aspects of several other ammonium compounds are summarized below. 

For the production of other ammonium compounds, especially those used as fertilizers ... 

Girard s reagents Quaternary ammonium salts of the type Me3NCH2CONHNH2 X which form water-soluble compounds with aldehydes and ketones, and are therefore separable from other neutral compounds the aldehyde or ketone may be subsequently regenerated after separation. 

Uses of ammonia and ammonium compounds. Most of the ammonia produced is used in the manufaeture of nitrogenous fertilisers such as ammonium sulphate. Other uses include nitric acid and synthetic fibre and plastic manufacture. 

Other sulfur compounds such as thiourea, ammonium dithiocarbamate, or hydrogen sulfide also lead to 2-mercaptothiazoles. Thus thiourea has been used in the syntheses of 4,5-dimethyl (369) and 4-aryl-2-mercapto-thiazoles (Table 11-30) (519). The reactions were carried out by condensing the ia -thiocyanatoketones with thiourea in alcohol and water acidified with hydrochloric acid. By this procedure, 4-aryl-2-mercaptothiazoles were obtained in yields of 40 to 80% with bis-(4-aryl-2-thiazolyl) sulfides as by-products (519). These latter products (194) have also been observed as a result of the action of thiourea on 2-chloro-4-arylthiazole under the same experimental conditions. They can be separated from 2-mercaptothiazoles because of their different degrees of solubility in sodium hydroxide solution at 5%. In this medium bis-(4-phenyl-2-thiazolyl)sulfide is... 

Formulations of ammonium phosphates and ammonium bromide are sold for use on ceUulosic—synthetic fiber blends. Other ammonium phosphate formulations contain wetting and softening agents. A large-volume, ca 9000 t/yr ia 1991, use ia the United States (48) for ammonium phosphate is ia forest fire control, usuaUy by aerial appUcation (see also Ammonium compounds). 

Industrial. Nitric acid is itself the starting material for ammonium nitrate, nitroglycerin [55-63-0] trinitrotoluene [118-96-7]., nitroceUulose [9004-70-0] and other nitrogen compounds used in the manufacture of explosives (see Explosives and propellants). Nitric acid is made by oxidation of ammonia to nitrogen dioxide [10102-44-0] which is subsequently absorbed by water. 

A number of simple, standard methods have been developed for the analysis of ammonium compounds, several of which have been adapted to automated or instmmental methods. Ammonium content is most easily deterrnined by adding excess sodium hydroxide to a solution of the salt. Liberated ammonia is then distilled into standard sulfuric acid and the excess acid titrated. Other methods include colorimetry (2) and the use of a specific ion electrode (3). 

Sulfur (qv) is among the most widely used chemicals and often considered to be one of the four basic raw materials of the chemical iadustry. In 1993, worldwide production of sulfur reached 55 million metric tons (1). Production of sulfuric acid consumes the vast majority (- 90%) of sulfur (2) (see Sulfuric acid and sulfur trioxide). This acid is a steppiag stone ia the production of other sulfur-containing compounds, most notably ammonium sulfate fertilizer which accounts for 60% of the total worldwide sulfur consumption (2) (see Ammonium compounds Fertilizers). 

Other Inorganic Compounds. Alkali—metal and ammonium teUuropentathionates (Te(S203)2), have been prepared. The S2O3 group can be replaced by ethyl xanthate or diethyl dithiocyanate. 

Imports and Exports. The United States has long been a significant importer of vanadium slags, but imports of pentoxide were negligible until they rose quickly to 850 metric tons ia 1974, and 2000 t ia 1975 (mostly from the Repubhc of South Africa). Peatoxide imports thea decliaed to 1400 t ia 1980 with Finland being the maia and South Africa the minor suppHers. In recent years, U.S. imports of ammonium and potassium vanadates and of other vanadium compounds have been 100—200 t/yr, mainly from the U.K., Germany, and the RepubHc of South Africa. 

In the case of nicotinamide, the color yield is often low. This problem can be circumvented by either hydrolysis to nicotinic acid or by conversion of the amide to a fluorescent compound. Treatment of nicotinamide with methyl iodide yields the quaternary ammonium salt, /V-methyl nicotinamide (5). Reaction of this compound with acetophenone yields a fluorescent adduct (49). Other carbonyl compounds have also been used (50—54). 

Algicides other than chlorine (or bromine) are used to a small extent, principally in the hotter southern and western regions of the U.S. They serve as a backup to chlorine primarily as a preventive or corrective measure against unbalanced pool conditions. The most widely used algicides are the quaternary ammonium compounds (quats), of which the -a1ky1dimethy1henzy1 ammonium chloride type (with groups) are the most common (see... 

Nearly all uses and appHcations of benzyl chloride are related to reactions of the active haUde substituent. More than two-thirds of benzyl chloride produced is used in the manufacture of benzyl butyl-phthalate, a plasticizer used extensively in vinyl flooring and other flexible poly(vinyl chloride) uses such as food packaging. Other significant uses are the manufacture of benzyl alcohol [100-51-6] and of benzyl chloride-derived quaternary ammonium compounds, each of which consumes more than 10% of the benzyl chloride produced. Smaller volume uses include the manufacture of benzyl cyanide [140-29-4], benzyl esters such as benzyl acetate [140-11-4], butyrate, cinnamate, and saUcylate, benzylamine [100-46-9], and benzyl dimethyl amine [103-83-8], and -benzylphenol [101-53-1]. In the dye industry benzyl chloride is used as an intermediate in the manufacture of triphenylmethane dyes (qv). First generation derivatives of benzyl chloride are processed further to pharmaceutical, perfume, and flavor products. 

The carbonization by-products are usually refined, within the coke plant, into commodity chemicals such as elemental sulfur (qv), ammonium sulfate, benzene, toluene, xylene, and naphthalene (qv) (see also Ammonium compounds BTX processing). Subsequent processing of these chemicals produces a host of other chemicals and materials. The COG is a valuable heating fuel used mainly within steel (qv) plants for such purposes as firing blast furnace stoves, soaking furnaces for semifinished steel, annealing furnaces, and lime kilns as well as heating the coke ovens themselves. 

Only certain specific environments appear to produce stress corrosion of copper alloys, notably ammonia or ammonium compounds or related compounds such as amines. Mercury or solutions of mercury salts (which cause deposition of mercury) or other molten metals will also cause cracking, but the mechanism is undoubtedly differentCracks produced by mercury are always intercrystalline, but ammonia may produce cracks that are transcrystalline or intercrystalline, or a mixture of both, according to circumstances. As an illustration of this, Edmundsfound that mercury would not produce cracking in a stressed single crystal of brass, but ammonia did. 

Hydrofluoride synthesis is based on the simultaneous fluorination by ammonium hydrofluoride of niobium or tantalum oxides with other metals compounds (oxides, halides, carbonates etc.) [105]. Table 13 presents some properties of ammonium hydrofluoride, NH4HF2 [51, 71]. Ammonium hydrofluoride is similar to anhydrous HF in its reactivity, but possesses some indisputable advantages. The cost of ammonium hydrofluoride is relatively low, it can be dried and handled easily, recycled from gaseous components, and its processing requires no special equipment. 

The cake is leached with water in order to dissolve tantalum and niobium (and other related compounds) in the form of fluoride salts of ammonium. Ammonium fluoroferrate and fluoromanganate are unstable in aqueous solutions of low acidity. It is assumed that iron and manganese will form precipitates of insoluble fluorides or oxyfluorides that can be separated from the solution by filtration. 

Ammonium salts of the zeolites differ from most of the compounds containing this cation discussed above, in that the anion is a stable network of A104 and Si04 tetrahedra with acid groups situated within the regular channels and pore structure. The removal of ammonia (and water) from such structures has been of interest owing to the catalytic activity of the decomposition product. It is believed [1006] that the first step in deammination is proton transfer (as in the decomposition of many other ammonium salts) from NH4 to the (Al, Si)04 network with —OH production. This reaction is 90% complete by 673 K [1007] and water is lost by condensation of the —OH groups (773—1173 K). The rate of ammonia evolution and the nature of the residual product depend to some extent on reactant disposition [1006,1008]. 

Other nitrogen compounds, among them hydroxylamine, hydrazines, and amides (15-9), also add to alkenes. Even with amines, basic catalysts are sometimes used, so that RNH or R2N is the actual nucleophile. Tertiary amines (except those that are too bulky) add to Michael-type substrates in a reaction that is catalyzed by acids like HCl or HNO3 to give the corresponding quaternary ammonium salts. " ... 

Note Tertiary amines and quaternary ammonium compounds yield stronger colors than primary amines [25]. The dipping solution can also be used as spray solution [44]. Other reagent compositions have also been reported in the literature (1, 3, 6, 12, 13, 15, 18, 21, 23, 41] In some cases the reagents have been made up in acetone [38, 39], methanol [14] or ethanol [37] and/or acidified with hydrochloric acid [3, 33, 37-40]. The concentrations of hexachloroplatinic(IV) acid have been in the range of 0.05 -0.4 those of potassium iodide between 0.5 and 24spray solution containing 2% potassium iodide and 0.23170 hexachloroplatinic(IV) acid hexahydrate in N-hydro-chloric acid is reported to yield the best coloration results with respect to detection sensitivity and color differentiation in the detection of morphine, codeine, quinine, methadone and cocaine [46]. Acidic reagent solutions have been recommended for benzodiazepines [10, 11]. Sulfones do not react [39]. 

Also used in combination with other agents e.g. chlorhexidine, iodine, t Several forms available having x% chlorhexidine and 10x% cetrimide. QAC, quaternary ammonium compound. 

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