Sinter handling problems

Properties Gardner 2 max. flake negligible sol. in water dens. 10.2 IW gal bulk dens. 36-40 Ib/ft vise. 7-9.6 cps (40% in MEK) vapor pressure negligible m.p. 73 C flash pt. (Seta) > 200 F EEW 525-550 Storage Store below 60 F to avoid or minimize handling problems si. prone to blocking or sintering EPON Resin 1001-T-75 [Resolution Pert. Prods.)... 

Degradation is not only confined to coal but also occurs with other materials such as iron ore, coke, sinter, limestone and pellets. In fact degradation is a problem in almost all bulk materials handling facilities. 

Several breakdown processes have been used in which the ore is reacted with a fused or sintered fluorinating agent such as potassium hydrogen fluoride or sodium silicofluoride. The most important of these is the Copaux-Kawecki process for opening beryl ore. This is in many ways a unique process and other processes are unlikely to have many features in common with it apart from the problems associated with the handling of toxic fluorides. Since the fluorine is in combination with sodium, as the simple fluoride or as stable complexes with silicon and iron, the severe corrosion conditions inherent in many other fluorination reactions are almost absent in this case. 

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