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The structure of these solid compounds is not known with certainty but an approximate formula might be NaAlOj.xHjO. Many aluminates occur in minerals, for example the spinels of general formula M (A102)2 where M may be Mg, Zn or Fe these have a mixed oxide structure, i.e. consist essentially of M AF and O ions. 

Graphite reacts with alkali metals, for example potassium, to form compounds which are non-stoichiometric but which all have limiting compositions (for example K C) in these, the alkaU metal atoms are intercalated between the layers of carbon atoms. In the preparation of fluorine by electrolysis of a molten fluoride with graphite electrodes the solid compound (CF) polycarbon fluoride is formed, with fluorine on each carbon atom, causing puckering of the rings. 

Oxygen can also be prepared by the thermal decomposition of certain solid compounds containing it. These include oxides of the more noble metals, for example of mercury or silver ... 

Identificatioii by Mixed Melting-points. It will be clear that melting-point determinations afford a ready method of identifying minute quantities of a solid compound, if the probable identity of this compound is already suspected. Thus if there is reason to believe that a particular substance is, for example. 

The material to be steam-distilled (mixed with some water if a solid compound, but not otherwise) is placed in C, and a vigorous current of steam blown in from D. The mixture in C is thus rapidly heated, and the vapour of the organic compound mixed with steam passes over and is condensed in E. For distillations on a small scale it is not necessary to heat C if, however, the flask C contains a large volume of material or material which requires prolonged distillation, it should be heated by a Bunsen burner, otherwise the steady condensation of steam in C will produce too great a volume of liquid. 

Students should carry out the purification by steam distillation of (a) crude nitrobenzene or chlorobenzene, or of (b) crude naphthalene, o-nitrophenol (p. 170) or />-tolunitrile (p. 194) as examples of solid compounds which may also be purified in this way. When the distillation is complete, disconnect the tubing (Fig. 15) between C and D before removing the flame from under D, otherwise the contents of C will be sucked back into D as the latter cools. 

Storage of Specimens. Solid compounds after purification should be stored in bottles or in corked specimen tubes, according... 

Solid Compounds. The tripositive actinide ions resemble tripositive lanthanide ions in their precipitation reactions (13,14,17,20,22). Tetrapositive actinide ions are similar in this respect to Ce . Thus the duorides and oxalates are insoluble in acid solution, and the nitrates, sulfates, perchlorates, and sulfides are all soluble. The tetrapositive actinide ions form insoluble iodates and various substituted arsenates even in rather strongly acid solution. The MO2 actinide ions can be precipitated as the potassium salt from strong carbonate solutions. In solutions containing a high concentration of sodium and acetate ions, the actinide ions form the insoluble crystalline salt NaM02(02CCH2)3. The hydroxides of all four ionic types are insoluble ... 

Vanadium, a typical transition element, displays weU-cliaractetized valence states of 2—5 in solid compounds and in solutions. Valence states of —1 and 0 may occur in solid compounds, eg, the carbonyl and certain complexes. In oxidation state 5, vanadium is diamagnetic and forms colorless, pale yeUow, or red compounds. In lower oxidation states, the presence of one or more 3d electrons, usually unpaired, results in paramagnetic and colored compounds. All compounds of vanadium having unpaired electrons are colored, but because the absorption spectra may be complex, a specific color does not necessarily correspond to a particular oxidation state. As an illustration, vanadium(IV) oxy salts are generally blue, whereas vanadium(IV) chloride is deep red. Differences over the valence range of 2—5 are shown in Table 2. The stmcture of vanadium compounds has been discussed (6,7). 

The results of determination of the form of presence of As, Se, Nb, Mo, Ni, Cu in different solid compounds ai e given. The application of RII LEL for the study of stmctural transformations in chalkogenid glasses is shown. The X-ray spectral determination of crystal water, the possibility of studying of dissolution-crystallization processes and kinetics of some chemical reactions ai e discussed. 

The things that we have been talking about so far - metal crystals, amorphous metals, solid solutions, and solid compounds - are all phases. A phase is a region of material that has uniform physical and chemical properties. Water is a phase - any one drop of water is the same as the next. Ice is another phase - one splinter of ice is the same as any other. But the mixture of ice and water in your glass at dinner is not a single phase because its properties vary as you move from water to ice. Ice + water is a two-phase mixture. 

X-Ray crystallographic studies of solid compounds have been used to infer the position in the structure of potentially tautomeric hydrogen atoms. These positions are either found directly by high pre-... 

The tautomeric relationships for benzisothiazolamidines 100 are more complicated (Scheme 38) (95AP217). In the solid, compound 100 (R = Ph, R = H) exists in the amino form 100a, whereas in a DMSO-d solution at 298 K the tautomers 100b,c have also been detected using NMR spectroscopy. 

When a solid compound possesses a relatively high vapor pressure below its melting point, it may be possible to purify it by sublimation. Selenium dioxide, for example, is easily purified prior to use by sublimation at atmospheric pressure (Chapter 1, Section XI). More commonly, the method of choice is sublimation at reduced pressure, which allows more ready evaporation of solids with limited volatility. A convenient vacuum sublimation apparatus is shown in Fig. A3.19. The impure sample is placed in the... 

Benzyl alcohol forms a solid compound with calcium chloride, and also a phthalic acid compound. The latter is obtained by heating 2 grams of the alcohol with 2 grams of phthalic anhydride and 1 gram of benzene. Caustic soda solution is then added, and the solution washed... 

It is suitable, not only for rose odours, but also for blending with almost any flower oil. Phenyl-ethyl alcohol forms a solid compound with chloride of calcium, which is very useful for its purification. On oxidation it is converted into a mixture of phenyl-acetaldehyde and phenyl-acetic acid. The last-named body forms an ethyl ester melting at 28°, which serves for its identification. 

Xanthotoxin, Cj HgO, is isomeric with bergaptene, and is present in the oil of Fagara xanthoxyloides. It is a solid compound, melting at 145° to 146°, and is a pyrogallol derivative, having the constitution—... 

It has been assumed that the cineol and phosphoric acid enter into combination in molecular proportions, forming a solid compound of definite composition. Helbing and Passmore have described a method in which the compound is weighed, and assume that the percentage of cineol in the phosphoric compound is 61 1 per cent, based on the formula CjQHjgO. H3PO4. 

Maleic anhydride, a solid compound that melts at 53°C,is soluble in water, alcohol, and acetone, but insoluble in hydrocarbon solvents. 

Thus in all corrosion reactions one (or more) of the reaction products will be an oxidised form of the metal, aquo cations (e.g. Fe (aq.), Fe (aq.)), aquo anions (e.g. HFeO aq.), Fe04"(aq.)), or solid compounds (e.g. Fe(OH)2, Fej04, Fe3 04-H2 0, Fe203-H20), while the other reaction product (or products) will be the reduced form of the non-metal. Corrosion may be regarded, therefore, as a heterogeneous redox reaction at a metal/non-metal interface in which the metal is oxidised and the non-metal is reduced. In the interaction of a metal with a specific non-metal (or non-metals) under specific environmental conditions, the chemical nature of the non-metal, the chemical and physical properties of the reaction products, and the environmental conditions (temperature, pressure, velocity, viscosity, etc.) will clearly be important in determining the form, extent and rate of the reaction. 

In the case of electrochemical reactions the partial anodic reaction results in the formation of a solvated metal cation, a charged or uncharged metal complex MX or a solid compound MX, where AT is a halogen ion, organic acid aninn, etc. 

The data given in Tables 1.9 and 1.10 have been based on the assumption that metal cations are the sole species formed, but at higher pH values oxides, hydrated oxides or hydroxides may be formed, and the relevant half reactions will be of the form shown in equations 2(a) and 2(b) (Table 1.7). In these circumstances the a + will be governed by the solubility product of the solid compound and the pH of the solution. At higher pH values the solid compound may become unstable with respect to metal anions (equations 3(a) and 3(b), Table 1.7), and metals like aluminium, zinc, tin and lead, which form amphoteric oxides, corrode in alkaline solutions. It is evident, therefore, that the equilibrium between a metal and an aqueous solution is far more complex than that illustrated in Tables 1.9 and 1.10. Nevertheless, as will be discussed subsequently, a similar thermodynamic approach is possible. 

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