Precipitation, from solutions

If a reaction involving antibodies has to be performed in solution, then a reagent which brings the antibody out of solution can be added at the end. The precipitate is then collected and vrashed, and subjected to a suitable detection step. This is most often used for radioactively labelled antigens. 

When a precipitating species can be slowly generated in solution by a chemical reaction, the precipitate produced will have larger particles than in the direct precipitation described above. Hence it is easy to filter the precipitate quickly. The procedure is known as precipitation from homogeneous solution. 

The effect of this phenomenon is rimilar to organic growths washing of solubles fi om the filtered cdte will become increasingly difficult and finalfy cake deposition will reduce to zero. Microscopic examinatian of the bric or an arii test on the fabric will reveal the presence of internal solids. The latter may be further identified by chemical analyris. 

Poor support of the filter medium either in the absence of a porous backing cloth or in the selection of incorrect drainage channels on the surface of the filter plate will lead to processing difficulties. In the particular case of pressure filters, undersizing of the drainage ports fi om the fiber will produce the same effect. A principal effea of the latter is to restrict the escape of ultrafine sohds which bleed through the filter in the first moments of pressing. 

A ) Blinded multifilament cloth B) After cleaning C) Inter-yam plugging by fine solids D) Interyam pore plugging by larger solids 

Since it is virtoalfy in ossible to deal with aD the cloth problems attadiing to a pardcnlar s aration, the con romise referred to above is adopted, between fltrate clarity and blinding of the medium by the smaller particles in the feed. Early fore-mmiings can be recycled, since the first bleeds will then be blended with the feed and will filter on the initial cake layers. 

Restriction of the first fines by poor drainage will increase the probability of retention by the medium, with concomitant bfinding. On the other hand, the modem dinqiled filter plate used in conjunction wife properly selected filter media has reduced the fiequoicy in fire use of backing cloths. An exan le of fee latter is described below in fee section dealing wife industrial information. An altemative to backing cloth is the use of reinforced filter febric in fee flmrge and stay-boss areas of the filter. See Section 4.4.11 below. 

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CH2CI-CO-CH3. Colourless lachrymatory liquid b.p. 119°C. Manufactured by treating propanone with bleaching powder or chlorine. It is used as a tear gas and is usually mixed with the more potent bromoacetone. chloro acids Complex chloroanions are formed by most elements of the periodic table by solution of oxides or chlorides in concentrated hydrochloric acid. Potassium salts are precipitated from solution when potassium chloride is added to a solution of the chloro acid, the free acids are generally unstable. 

SNG Substitute natural gas. soaps Sodium and potassium salts of fatty acids, particularly stearic, palmitic and oleic acids. Animal and vegetable oils and fats, from which soaps are prepared, consist essentially of the glyceryl esters of these acids. In soap manufacture the oil or fat is heated with dilute NaOH (less frequently KOH) solution in large vats. When hydrolysis is complete the soap is salted out , or precipitated from solution by addition of NaCl. The soap is then treated, as required, with perfumes, etc. and made into tablets. 

Gravimetric methods based on precipitation or volatilization reactions require that the analyte, or some other species in the sample, participate in a chemical reaction producing a change in physical state. For example, in direct precipitation gravimetry, a soluble analyte is converted to an insoluble form that precipitates from solution. In some situations, however, the analyte is already present in a form that may be readily separated from its liquid, gas, or solid matrix. When such a separation is possible, the analyte s mass can be directly determined with an appropriate balance. In this section the application of particulate gravimetry is briefly considered. 

When initiator is first added the reaction medium remains clear while particles 10 to 20 nm in diameter are formed. As the reaction proceeds the particle size increases, giving the reaction medium a white milky appearance. When a thermal initiator, such as AIBN or benzoyl peroxide, is used the reaction is autocatalytic. This contrasts sharply with normal homogeneous polymerizations in which the rate of polymerization decreases monotonicaHy with time. Studies show that three propagation reactions occur simultaneously to account for the anomalous auto acceleration (17). These are chain growth in the continuous monomer phase chain growth of radicals that have precipitated from solution onto the particle surface and chain growth of radicals within the polymer particles (13,18). 

The best known oxoanion of iron is the ferrate(VI) prepared by oxidizing a suspension of hydrous iron(III) oxide in concentrated alkah with potassium hypochlorite or by anodic oxidation of iron in concentrated alkah. Crystals of potassium ferrate [13718-66-6], K FeO, are deep purple, orthorhombic, and contain discrete tetrahedral [FeOJ anions. Barium ferrate [13773-23A] can be precipitated from solutions of soluble ferrate salts. 

Lead alloys containing 0.09—0.15 wt % calcium and 0.015—0.03 wt % aluminum are used for the negative battery grids of virtually all lead—acid batteries in the United States and are also used in Japan, Canada, and Europe. If the molten alloy is held at too low a temperature, the aluminum precipitates from solution, rises to the surface of the molten alloy as finely divided aluminum particles, and enters the dross layer atop the melt. 

Yellow mercuric oxide may be obtained by precipitation from solutions of practically any water-soluble mercuric salt through the addition of alkah. The most economical are mercuric chloride or nitrate. Although yellow HgO has some medicinal value in ointments and other such preparations, the primary use is as a raw material for other mercury compounds, eg, Millon s ha.se[12529-66-7], Hg2NOH, which is formed by the reaction of aqueous ammonia and yellow mercuric oxide. 

The solubihty of a number of sodium orthophosphates is depicted in Figure 7. Some of the sodium phosphates dissolve or precipitate incongmendy, affording a different Na20/P20 ratio in the solution phase from that of the soHd phase. Sodium phosphates that precipitate are also a function of the temperature. As the temperature increases, the sodium phosphates that may precipitate from solution tend to be anhydrous or lower hydrates than those equiUbrium sodium phosphate phases at lower temperature. Whereas most of the phases in Figure 7 represent congmentiy soluble sodium phosphates, soHd phases appear or disappear upon changes in temperature. 

Alkali Meta.IPhospha.tes, A significant proportion of the phosphoric acid consumed in the manufacture of industrial, food, and pharmaceutical phosphates in the United States is used for the production of sodium salts. Alkali metal orthophosphates generally exhibit congment solubility and are therefore usually manufactured by either crystallisation from solution or drying of the entire reaction mass. Alkaline-earth and other phosphate salts of polyvalent cations typically exhibit incongment solubility and are prepared either by precipitation from solution having a metal oxide/P20 ratio considerably lower than that of the product, or by drying a solution or slurry with the proper metal oxide/P20 ratio. 

When equal amounts of solutions of poly(ethylene oxide) and poly(acryhc acid) ate mixed, a precipitate, which appears to be an association product of the two polymers, forms immediately. This association reaction is influenced by hydrogen-ion concentration. Below ca pH 4, the complex precipitates from solution. Above ca pH 12, precipitation also occurs, but probably only poly(ethylene oxide) precipitates. If solution viscosity is used as an indication of the degree of association, it appears that association becomes mote pronounced as the pH is reduced toward a lower limit of about four. The highest yield of insoluble complex usually occurs at an equimolar ratio of ether and carboxyl groups. Studies of the poly(ethylene oxide)—poly(methacryhc acid) complexes indicate a stoichiometric ratio of three monomeric units of ethylene oxide for each methacrylic acid unit. 

Over 50 acidic, basic, and neutral aluminum sulfate hydrates have been reported. Only a few of these are well characterized because the exact compositions depend on conditions of precipitation from solution. Variables such as supersaturation, nucleation and crystal growth rates, occlusion, nonequilihrium conditions, and hydrolysis can each play a role ia the final composition. Commercial dry alum is likely not a single crystalline hydrate, but rather it contains significant amounts of amorphous material. 

Sodium bicarbonate precipitates from solution and is recovered by filtration. Ammonium chloride is then crystallised from the filtrate, separated, washed, and dried. The exact proportion of ammonium chloride recovered depends on the relative demands for sodium carbonate and ammonium chloride. If economic conditions requite, part of the ammonia can be recovered and returned to the hrine-ammoniation step by distillation of the ammonium chloride solution ia the presence of lime. The spent calcium chloride Hquor, a final product ia manufacture of sodium carbonate by the ammonia—soda process, can also be used to obtain ammonium chloride. This Hquor is treated with ammonia and carbon dioxide... 

Si02 Na. Lower concentrations of silicate are used in silica gel preparation. In the absence of a coagulant, silica is not precipitated from solution at any pH... 

The TYZOR AA, which is a 75% isopropyl alcohol solution, is unstable in cold storage. The titanate complex precipitates from solution and causes handling difficulties. The addition of small amounts (0.05—0.15 mol water/mol titanate) of water gives a solution, TYZOR AA75, that is stable in cold-temperature storage (95). 

Manufacture. PVBs are manufactured by a variety of two-stage heterogeneous processes. In one of these an alcohol solution of poly(vinyl acetate) and an acid catalyst are heated to 60—80°C with strong agitation. As the poly(vinyl alcohol) forms, it precipitates from solution (77). Ethyl acetate, the principle by-product, is stripped off and sold. The precipitated poly(vinyl alcohol) is washed to remove by-products and excess acid. The poly(vinyl alcohol) is then suspended in a mixture of ethyl alcohol, butyraldehyde, and mineral acid at temperatures above 70°C. As the reaction approaches completion the reactants go into solution. When the reaction is complete, the catalyst is neutralized and the PVB is precipitated from solution with water, washed, centrifuged, and dried. Resin from this process has very low residual vinyl acetate and very low levels of gel from intermolecular acetalization. 

Zinc smelters use x-ray fluorescence spectrometry to analyze for zinc and many other metals in concentrates, calcines, residues, and trace elements precipitated from solution, such as arsenic, antimony, selenium, tellurium, and tin. X-ray analysis is also used for quaUtative and semiquantitative analysis. Electrolytic smelters rely heavily on AAS and polarography for solutions, residues, and environmental samples. 

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