Salts families

Fig. 9. Spectral sensitivity of detectors where the detector temperatures in K are in parentheses, and the dashed line represents the theoretical limit at 300 K for a 180° field of view, (a) Detectors from near uv to short wavelength infrared (b) lead salt family of detectors and platinum siUcide (c) detectors used for detection in the mid- and long wavelength infrared. The Hg CdTe, InSb, and PbSnTe operate intrinsically, the doped siUcon is photoconductive, and the GaAs/AlGaAs is a stmctured supedattice and (d) extrinsic germanium detectors showing the six most popular dopants.

TMTSF)2C104 [TMTSF is tetramethyltetraselenafulvalene], an ambient-pressure one-dimensional superconductor of the Bechgaard salt family... 

Salts have particular hazards, depending on which salt family they belong to. Salts generally do not bum, but can be oxidizers and snpport combustion. Some salts are toxic and some may be water-reactive. Salt compounds can also be divided into families. There are six salt families that will be presented in this book binary, binary oxide, peroxide, hydroxide, oxysalts, and cyanide salts. 

Balance the formulas, if needed give the name, the salt family, and the hazards for the following salts. (Salts with transitional metals are already balanced.)... 

The proper combination of inhibitor and intensifier should be determined by laboratory corrosion testing. Corrosion tests must be conducted with corrosion coupons representing the metal(s) to be contacted downhole, to properly determine necessary corrosion inhibitor and intensifier loadings (or whether an intensifier is necessary). More of either or both is not necessarily better. Optimum combinations exist. Most effective inhibitor intensifiers are in the iodide salt family. Concentrations vary, depending on the temperature and the corrosion inhibitor used. 

The basic flow sheet for the flotation-concentration of nonsulfide minerals is essentially the same as that for treating sulfides but the family of reagents used is different. The reagents utilized for nonsulfide mineral concentrations by flotation are usually fatty acids or their salts (RCOOH, RCOOM), sulfonates (RSO M), sulfates (RSO M), where M is usually Na or K, and R represents a linear, branched, or cycHc hydrocarbon chain and amines [R2N(R)3]A where R and R are hydrocarbon chains and A is an anion such as Cl or Br . Collectors for most nonsulfides can be selected on the basis of their isoelectric points. Thus at pH > pH p cationic surfactants are suitable collectors whereas at lower pH values anion-type collectors are selected as illustrated in Figure 10 (28). Figure 13 shows an iron ore flotation flow sheet as a representative of high volume oxide flotation practice. 

EXA (exact) search retrieves the input stmcture and its stereoisomers, homopolymers, ions, radicals, and isotopicaHy labeled compounds. EAM (family) search retrieves the same stmctures as EXA, plus multicomponent compounds, copolymers, addition compounds, mixtures, and salts. SSS (substmcture) search uses a range of possible substituents and bonds in the input stmcture. CSS (closed substmcture) search is a more restrictive... 

Ethylene—Dicarboxylic Acid Copolymers. Partial neutralization of copolymers containing carboxyls in pairs on adjacent carbons, eg, ethylene—maleic acid, has been described (11). Surprisingly, there is no increase in stiffness related to neutralization. Salts with divalent metal cations are not melt processible. The close spacing of the paired carboxyl groups has resulted in ionic cluster morphology which is distinct from that of the commercial ionomer family. 

Llthol Reds. Lithol Red or Pigment Red 49 1/7103-38-4] is one of the most important of the precipitated salt pigments. They comprise a family of sodium (PR 49), barium (PR 49 1), calcium (PR 49 2), and strontium (PR 49 3) salts of dia2oti2ed Tobias acid or 2-naphthylamine-l-sulfonic acid coupled with 2-naphthol. The most popular are the barium and calcium salts, the former being yellower in shade. These reds are used where brightness, bleed resistance, and low cost ate of primary importance. They are neither resistant to heat nor chemicals, and are used primarily in printing inks and some inexpensive air-dried industrial paints where good durabiUty is not requited. 

Poly(arylene vinylenes). The use of the soluble precursor route has been successful in the case of poly(arylene vinylenes), both those containing ben2enoid and heteroaromatic species as the aryl groups. The simplest member of this family is poly(p-phenylene vinylene) [26009-24-5] (PPV). High molecular weight PPV is prepared via a soluble precursor route (99—105). The method involves the synthesis of the bis-sulfonium salt from /)-dichloromethylbenzene, followed by a sodium hydroxide elimination polymerization reaction at 0°C to produce an aqueous solution of a polyelectrolyte precursor polymer (11). This polyelectrolyte is then processed into films, foams, and fibers, and converted to PPV thermally (eq. 8). 

The lifetime of a conventional exhaust system on an average family car is only 2 years or so. This is hardly surprising - mild steel is the usual material and, as we have shown, it is not noted for its corrosion resistance. The interior of the system is not painted and begins to corrode immediately in the damp exhaust gases from the engine. The single coat of cheap cosmetic paint soon falls off the outside and rusting starts there, too, aided by the chloride ions from road salt, which help break down the iron oxide film. 

Mammals, fungi, and higher plants produce a family of proteolytic enzymes known as aspartic proteases. These enzymes are active at acidic (or sometimes neutral) pH, and each possesses two aspartic acid residues at the active site. Aspartic proteases carry out a variety of functions (Table 16.3), including digestion pepsin and ehymosin), lysosomal protein degradation eathepsin D and E), and regulation of blood pressure renin is an aspartic protease involved in the production of an otensin, a hormone that stimulates smooth muscle contraction and reduces excretion of salts and fluid). The aspartic proteases display a variety of substrate specificities, but normally they are most active in the cleavage of peptide bonds between two hydrophobic amino acid residues. The preferred substrates of pepsin, for example, contain aromatic residues on both sides of the peptide bond to be cleaved. 

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