Phase seperation

This method was also employed by Chu et al. 2 2) who investigated the effects of long range correlation for a critical mixture of polystyrene in cyclohexane at small temperature intervals from the phase seperation temperature. 

No helium (or other gases) was lost or gained by phase seperation underground. 

Typical commercial plasticizers, therefore, do not have too low a molecular weight (a slower rate of diffusion and, because of the danger of phase seperation, not too poor a solvent power or swelling ability. The solvent must also be able to enter into some kind of interaction with the polymer. For poly(vinyl chloride), therefore, one uses, for example, low-volatile esters of phthalic acid or phosphoric acid or oligomeric polyesters of glycols with adipic or sebacic acid. They are added in quantities of 10-40%. It is very often necessary for commercial plasticizers to be physiologically harmless. 

The ionic or polar substances can be seperated without any reaction on specially treated chromatographic columns and detected refractometrically. This is necessary because alkyl sulfosuccinates show only small absorption in the UV-visible region no sensitive photometric detection can be obtained. Separation problems can arise when common steel columns filled with reverse phase material (or sometimes silica gel) are used. This problem can be solved by adding a suitable counterion (e.g., tetrabutylammonium) to the mobile phase ( ion pair chromatography ). This way it is possible to get good separation performance. For an explanation of separation mechanism see Ref. 65-67. A broad review of the whole method and its possibilities in use is given in an excellent monograph [68]. 

C dl The gas phase energy of the given resonance structure where the fragments are at infinite seperation. 

We come here to a rather special concept of condensed-phase e.t. reactions, according to which the solvent itself would act as an intermediary between the actual electron acceptor and electron donor partners. According to this model, each molecule would be surrounded by a solvent cage which would keep them seperated, so that the solvated electron would be the primary species formed by e.t., from the donor, as well as the actual donor to the final electron acceptor. In Fig. 10 this model is illustrated for the case of two spherical molecules embedded in their specific solvation shells, although the word specific is not clearly defined in this respect. 

Separations by selective precipitation depend primarily upon basicity differences. These differences can only operate when equilibrium between the solid phase and the solution is complete. Cerium is seperated commercially based on its reduced basic property in the tetravalent state. By adjusting the pH of a mixed rare-earth solution the cerium may be selectively precipitated out as a cerium(IV). In mixed rare-earth solutions the rare-earths arc present in the trivalent state. To precipitate the cerium. cerium(lll) must be converted into cerium(lV) by an oxidizing agent, e.g. hydrogen-peroxide. The more soluble trivalent rare-earths arc dissolved causing concentration of the less soluble ccrium(IV),... 

Fig. 9.3. Seperation of some ergot alkaloids Column Spherisorb ODS 5 nm (125x4.2 mm ID), mobile phase acetonitrile - 0.02% aqueous ammonium carbonate (42 58), flow rate 100 ml/h, detection UV 254 nm. Peak numbering 1-8 as in Fig. 9.1., peak 9, ergosinine 10, ergocryptine 11, ergocristine, ergocorninine and ergotaminine 12, ergocryptinine 13, ergocristinine x, unknown, (reproduced with permission from ref. 19, by the courtesy of Friedr. Vieweg Sohn, Wiesbaden)...

The recovery of organic solutes (see Fig. 7-8-7) with higher molecular weights may ba carried ont by reversible chemical complexarton. Distillation is seldom attractive in these cases due to the low volatility of the solute and thermal decompoiitinn. Typically, acid-base equilibria may he used in the desired separation. For example, the eolute may extract under alkaline conditions in column I, bat strip under acidic conditions in column 2. Usually, the solute A, which is recovered in Ihe extract phase from column 2. will be more dilute than it was in the column I feed, but it will be seperated from the B diluent as desired, Hence, the column 2 extract is often subjected to subsequent concentration (e.g, evaporation and/ or crystallization) to obtain the solme in the desired fomi. 

The following phases of the design process typically are observed in the development of a suitable membrane-based gas seperation system. The general elements are similar to those for other more traditional separation processes. 

Fig. 13 Separation of proteins and dipeptides by plain spiral tube and cross-pressed tube assemblies. Experimental conditions are as follows apparatus type-J coil planet centrifuge with 10 cm revolution radius separation column plain spiral tube assembly nine spiral layers about 40 m long, 1.6 mm I.D. FEP tube with a total capacity of 103 ml cross-pressed spiral tube assembly nine spiral layers about 40 m long, 1.6 mm I.D. FEP tubing cross-pressed at 1 cm interval with 95 ml capacity solvent system 12.5% (w/w) PEG-1000 and 12.5% (w/w) dibasic potassium phosphate in water (for protein separation) sample lysozyme and myoglobin, each 5 mg in 1 ml of upper phase (for protein seperation), trp-tyr (1.25 mg) and val-tyr (5 mg) in 0.5 ml of upper phase (for dipeptide separation) elution mode L-I-T flow rate 1 ml/ min (for protein separation), 2 ml/min (for dipeptide separation) detection 280 nm rpm 800.

Figure 1 shows the partial phase diagram of the pseudo-temary system SDS/xylene-pentanol (1 l)/water. hi absence of any further additive the system shows the seper-ated w/o (L2 phase) and o/w (LI phase) microemulsions. As aheady described before, due to the presence of the nonionic polymer poly(ethylene glycol) an enlargement of the isotropic phase is induced and a phase channel, connecting the LI and L2 phase is formed at lOwt. % of PEG [36]. Our own investigations have shown that the dimensions of the phase channel are influenced by the polymer concentration, molecular weight, and also by the temperature [37]. 

FIGURE 14.5 Seperation factor S of propionic acid as a function of the mole fraction of propionic acid in aqueouse phase at different temperatures. 

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Tvi/0 phases, an a-phase with low hydrogen concentration and a 3-phase with high hydrogen concentration are known in the case of the Pd-H system above 50 K and below the critical temperatures. Both phases are seperated by a miscibility gap forming a two phase region a+3-... 

In a number of chemical reactions, reaction products separate themselves from the reaction phase and form a separate phase. Gaseous products may evolve, liquid products may seperate or solids may precipitate. These phenomena may influence transport phenomena and consequently complicate the reactor design. If die reaction product is a solid precipitate, it may be necessary to aim the reactor design at obtaining a product with desired particle properties. 

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