Oxide Mixtures

Thermal energy in flame atomization is provided by the combustion of a fuel-oxidant mixture. Common fuels and oxidants and their normal temperature ranges are listed in Table 10.9. Of these, the air-acetylene and nitrous oxide-acetylene flames are used most frequently. Normally, the fuel and oxidant are mixed in an approximately stoichiometric ratio however, a fuel-rich mixture may be desirable for atoms that are easily oxidized. The most common design for the burner is the slot burner shown in Figure 10.38. This burner provides a long path length for monitoring absorbance and a stable flame. 

Compatibihty of acetone with other materials should be carefliUy considered, especially in disposal of wastes. It reacts with chlorinating substances to form toxic chloroketones, and potentially explosively with some peroxy compounds and a number of oxidizing mixtures. Mixed with chloroform, acetone will react violently in the presence of bases. Other incompatibilities ate Hsted in the Sax handbook (53). 

The composition of an oxidizing mixture is altered extensively by the passage of a cool flame (66,83,84). Before passage of the flame, oxygenated materials are present. In the case of hexane oxidation, ROO radicals are reportedly displaced by HOO radicals above 563 K (85), in concordance with previous work (86,87). After the passage of a cool flame, olefins, some conjugate and others of lower molecular weight, are observed. 

AHoys can be produced by the coreduction process, carried out at 1000°C with calcium, from the oxide mixture. For example, samarium oxide [12060-58-1] and cobalt oxide are coreduced to a SmCo [12017-68-4] powder, CaO then being removed. 

Besides the chemical industry, sihcon is used as a powder in the ceramics (qv) industry for the production of sihcon carbide and sihcon nitride parts (see Advanced ceramics). Sihcon powder is also used as an explosive for defense apphcations and in the refractory industry for plasma spraying with other oxide mixtures (see Refractory coatings). 

Iron Titanates. Ferrous metatitanate [12168-52-4] FeTiO, mp ca 1470°C, density 472(0), an opaque black soHd having a metallic luster, occurs in nature as the mineral ilmenite. This ore is used extensively as a feedstock for the manufacture of titanium dioxide pigments. Artificial ilmenite may be made by heating a mixture of ferrous oxide and titanium oxide for several hours at 1200°C or by reducing a titanium dioxide/ferric oxide mixture at 450°C. 

Carburization. Metal oxide mixtures with carbon black having additives such as Co, Ni, Fe, or Cr(0.5—1%) to promote diffusion, may undergo... 

The Celite -cuprous oxide mixture is extracted with three 50-ml, portions of ether, and the combined extracts are used as the first ether portion for the extraction of the sebacil-containing aqueous solution. 

Confined explosion An explosion of a fuel-oxidant mixture inside a elosed system (e.g., a vessel or building). 

Two properties of gases and vapors that may determine when an ignition can occur are the minimum ignition energy (MIL) and the antoignition temperature (AIT). These are discussed in Section 4.1.2 above. The MIL is a function of the pressure, temperature, and composition of a fuel-oxidant mixture. 

Flammable Limits The minimum and maximum concentration of fuel vapor or gas in a fuel vapor or gas/gaseous oxidant mixture (usually expressed in percent hy volume) defining the concentration range (flammable or explosive range) over which propagation of flame will occur on contact with an ignition source. See also Lower Flammable Limit and Upper Flammable Limit. 

The production of maleic anhydride from n-butenes is a catalyzed reaction occurring at approximately 400-440°C and 2-4 atmospheres. A special catalyst, constituted of an oxide mixture of molybdenum, vanadium, and phosphorous, may be used. Approximately 45% yield of maleic anhydride could be obtained from this route ... 

Hesse and Mix (29) oxidized a relatively concentrated solution of triose reductone using limited amounts of free periodic acid. In these conditions, the iodic acid formed by the initial reduction of periodic acid could be further reduced and the reduction product could then, in turn, react with the remaining periodic acid and liberate iodine. Thus glyoxylic acid could be isolated from the oxidation mixture, as no periodate was available for its oxidation. 

About 130 cc. of nitric acid (sp. gr. 1.27) is obtained. If desired the oxidation mixture may be diluted with water and the /3-chloropropionic add extracted with ether and distilled. Some material is lost in the water by this procedure. 

A related reaction is the addition of l,l,2-trichloro-2-nitrosoethene to the oxepin/benzene oxide mixture. The primary adduct cannot be isolated but the rearrangement product 9-(tri-chlorovinyl)-tra . -3,6-dioxa-9-azatetracyclo[6.1.0.0z,4.05,7]nonane (6) is obtained in 17% yield.221... 

The catalysts used in the process are essentially nickel metal dispersed on a support material consisting of various oxide mixtures such as alumina, silica, lime, magnesia, and compounds such as calcium aluminate cements. When the catalyst is made, the nickel is present as nickel oxide which is reduced in the plant converter with hydrogen, usually the 3 1 H2 N2 synthesis gas ... 

Table I. Isotopic Composition of Butenes Produced in Radiolysis of C2H4-C2D4 Nitric Oxide Mixtures...

Nowadays, ultramarine-type pigments are produced synthetically. Inside the zeolite structure the highly reactive sulfur radical anions are well protected which explains the stability of the blue color over thousands of years in air. However, the species responsible for the blue color should not be confused with the sulfur radical cations responsible for the blue color of sulfur solutions in fuming sulfuric acid (oleum) and similar oxidizing mixtures... 

Laminar flame speed is one of the fundamental properties characterizing the global combustion rate of a fuel/ oxidizer mixture. Therefore, it frequently serves as the reference quantity in the study of the phenomena involving premixed flames, such as flammability limits, flame stabilization, blowoff, blowout, extinction, and turbulent combustion. Furthermore, it contains the information on the reaction mechanism in the high-temperature regime, in the presence of diffusive transport. Hence, at the global level, laminar flame-speed data have been widely used to validate a proposed chemical reaction mechanism. 

The counterflow configuration has been extensively utilized to provide benchmark experimental data for the study of stretched flame phenomena and the modeling of turbulent flames through the concept of laminar flamelets. Global flame properties of a fuel/oxidizer mixture obtained using this configuration, such as laminar flame speed and extinction stretch rate, have also been widely used as target responses for the development, validation, and optimization of a detailed reaction mechanism. In particular, extinction stretch rate represents a kinetics-affected phenomenon and characterizes the interaction between a characteristic flame time and a characteristic flow time. Furthermore, the study of extinction phenomena is of fundamental and practical importance in the field of combustion, and is closely related to the areas of safety, fire suppression, and control of combustion processes. 

If benzoin is added to an oxidation mixture, it is oxidised to benzil although the rate of oxygen uptake is unaffected. Fe(III) is not produced in the early stages and accordingly a mechanism including Fe(IV) is favoured, viz. 

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