Solution oxides

Electrode processes are a class of heterogeneous chemical reaction that involves the transfer of charge across the interface between a solid and an adjacent solution phase, either in equilibrium or under partial or total kinetic control. A simple type of electrode reaction involves electron transfer between an inert metal electrode and an ion or molecule in solution. Oxidation of an electroactive species corresponds to the transfer of electrons from the solution phase to the electrode (anodic), whereas electron transfer in the opposite direction results in the reduction of the species (cathodic). Electron transfer is only possible when the electroactive material is within molecular distances of the electrode surface thus for a simple electrode reaction involving solution species of the fonn... 

Use acid-base indicator solutions. Oxidation causes bleaching of indicator to colorless... 

PuO -5 observed only in alkaline solution oxidizes water ... 

They show good to excellent resistance to highly aromatic solvents, polar solvents, water and salt solutions, aqueous acids, dilute alkaline solutions, oxidative environments, amines, and methyl alcohol. Care must be taken in choice of proper gum and compound. Hexafluoropropylene-containing polymers are not recommended for use in contact with ammonia, strong caustic (50% sodium hydroxide above 70°C), and certain polar solvents such as methyl ethyl ketone and low molecular weight esters. However, perfluoroelastomers can withstand these fluids. Propylene-containing fluorocarbon polymers can tolerate strong caustic. 

Corrosion resistance of nickel allovs is superior to that of cast irons but less than that of pure nickel. There is uttle attack from neutral or alkaline solutions. Oxidizing acids such as nitric are highly detrimental. Cold, concentrated sulfuric acid can be handled. 

Corrosion resistance of stainless steel is reduced in deaerated solutions. This behavior is opposite to the behavior of iron, low-alloy steel, and most nonferrous metals in oxygenated waters. Stainless steels exhibit very low corrosion rates in oxidizing media until the solution oxidizing power becomes great enough to breach the protective oxide locally. The solution pH alone does not control attack (see Chap. 4, Underdeposit Corrosion ). The presence of chloride and other strong depassivating chemicals deteriorates corrosion resistance. 

Figure 4-421. Corrosion characteristics of an active passive metal as a function of solution oxidizing power (eiectrode potential). (From Ref. [183].)...

Pure tin is completely resistant to distilled water, hot or cold. Local corrosion occurs in salt solutions which do not form insoluble compounds with stannous ions (e.g. chloride, bromide, sulphate, nitrate) but is unlikely in solutions giving stable precipitates (e.g. borate, mono-hydrogen phosphate, bicarbonate, iodide) . In all solutions, oxide film growth occurs and the potential of the metal rises. Any local dissolution may not begin for several days but, once it has begun, it will continue, its presence being manifested... 

Modem refining technology uses tantalum and niobium fluoride compounds, and includes fluorination of raw material, separation and purification of tantalum and niobium by liquid-liquid extraction from such fluoride solutions. Preparation of additional products and by-products is also related to the treatment of fluoride solutions oxide production is based on the hydrolysis of tantalum and niobium fluorides into hydroxides production of potassium fluorotantalate (K - salt) requires the precipitation of fine crystals and finishing avoiding hydrolysis. Tantalum metal production is related to the chemistry of fluoride melts and is performed by sodium reduction of fluoride melts. Thus, the refining technology of tantalum and niobium involves work with tantalum and niobium fluoride compounds in solid, dissolved and molten states. 

In strongly acid solution the reaction proceeds from left to right, but is reversed in almost neutral solution. Oxidation also proceeds quantitatively in a slightly acid medium in the presence of a zinc salt. The very sparingly soluble potassium zinc hexacyanoferrate(II) is formed, and the hexacyanoferrate(II) ions are removed from the sphere of action ... 

The ion Fe2+ is converted into ion Fe3+ (oxidation), and the neutral chlorine molecule into negatively charged chloride ions Cl" (reduction) the conversion of Fez+ into Fe3+ requires the loss of one electron, and the transformation of the neutral chlorine molecule into chloride ions necessitates the gain of two electrons. This leads to the view that, for reactions in solutions, oxidation is a process involving a loss of electrons, as in... 

Sometimes anodic protection is used, in which case the metal s potential is made more positive. The rate of spontaneous dissolution will strongly decrease, rather than increase, when the metal s passivation potential is attained under these conditions. To make the potential more positive, one must only accelerate a coupled cathodic reaction, which can be done by adding to the solution oxidizing agents readily undergoing cathodic reduction (e.g., chromate ions). The rate of cathodic hydrogen evolution can also be accelerated when minute amounts of platinum metals, which have a stroug catalytic effect, are iucorporated iuto the metaf s surface fayer (Tomashov, 1955). 

The double bond in the unhalogenated ring is readily attacked by oxidizing agents. Chromic acid in acetic acid, and potassium permanganate in alkaline solution, oxidize the compound to the expected dicarboxylic acid, 4,5,6,7,8,8-hexachloro-3a,4,7,7a-tetrahydro-1,3-dicarboxy-4,7 -methanoindane. 

Oxidation Trivalent arsenic citric acid or EDTA Potassium permanganate depending on chelating agent, metal chelate is either strongly sorbed to soil or is highly mobile and can be flumbed usinj water or dilute acid solutions. Oxidizes trivalent arsenic to pentavalent... 

Oxidation of dihydroquinacridone to quinacridone may be achieved, for instance, with the sodium salt of m-nitrobenzene sulfonic acid in aqueous ethanol in the presence of sodium hydroxide solution [7]. A distinction is made between heterogeneous and homogeneous oxidation. The reaction is referred to as a solid state oxidation if the solvent contains approximately 2% sodium hydroxide solution. A content of approximately 30% sodium hydroxide solution relative to the solvent mixture, on the other hand, converts the reaction into a so-called solution oxidation . The type of ring closure defines the crystal modification of the resulting dihydroquinacridone, while the oxidation technique defines the crystal phase of the quinacridone pigment. 

Solid state oxidation, both of the a- and the 3-phase [8] of dihydroquinacridone, affords crude a-quinacridone. Subsequent milling with salt in the presence of dimethylformamide produces the 7-modification, while the 3-form evolves in the presence of xylene. Solution oxidation of dihydroquinacridone, possibly performed as air oxidation in the presence of 2-chloroanthraquinone [9], forms crude 3-quinacridone. Milling with xylene likewise affords 3-quinacridone pigment (see tables of chemical structures on p. 613). 

C—l lie impure silver must be oxidized so it will go into solution. Oxidation occurs at the anode. Reduction is required to convert the silver ions to pure silver. Reduction occurs at the cathode. The cathode must be pure silver, otherwise it could be contaminated with the cathode material. 

Teledyne Commodore Fluid-jet cutting access and drain agent wash out energetics with ammonia. Solvated electron process in ammonia for reduction chemical oxidation with sodium persulfate. Solvated electron process in ammonia for reduction chemical oxidation with sodium persulfate. Wash in solvated electron solution oxidation to 3X C ship to Rock Island Arsenal for 5X treatment. Crushed or shredded treated in solvated electron solution shipped to landfill. 

These elements are noble metals and, as such, can be dissolved only with great difficulty. The usual leaching agent is hydrochloric acid, with the addition of chlorine to increase the solution oxidation potential. This strong chloride medium results in the almost exclusive formation of aqueous chloroanions, with, under certain circumstances, the presence of some neutral species. Very seldom are cationic species formed in a chloride medium. However, these elements do possess a range of easily accessible oxidation states and, with the possibility of a number of different anionic complexes that are dependent on the total chloride concentration, this provides a very complicated chemistry. A summary of the most important chloro complexes found in these leach solutions is given in Table 11.6, from which the mixed aquochloro and polynuclear species have been omitted. The latter are found especially with the heavier elements. 

Fig. 12.1 Oxidation states of the actinide elements most stable ions in aqueous solutions ++ oxidation states observed in aqueous solutions +, unstable ions observed only as transient species. In solids precipitated from alkaline solutions.

Dinitrocubane (28) has been synthesized by Eaton and co-workers via two routes both starting from cubane-l,4-dicarboxylic acid (25). The first of these routes uses diphenylphos-phoryl azide in the presence of a base and tert-butyl alcohol to effect direct conversion of the carboxylic acid (25) to the tert-butylcarbamate (26). Hydrolysis of (26) with mineral acid, followed by direct oxidation of the diamine (27) with m-CPBA, yields 1,4-diiutrocubane (28). Initial attempts to convert cubane-l,4-dicarboxylic acid (25) to 1,4-diaminocubane (27) via a Curtins rearrangement of the corresponding diacylazide (29) were abandoned due to the extremely explosive nature of the latter. However, subsequent experiments showed that treatment of the acid chloride of cubane-l,4-dicarboxylic acid with trimethylsilyl azide allows the formation of the diisocyanate (30) without prior isolation of the dangerous diacylazide (29) from solution. Oxidation of the diisocyanate (30) to 1,4-dinitrocubane (28) was achieved with dimethyldioxirane in wet acetone. Dimethyldioxirane is also reported to oxidize both the diamine (27) and its hydrochloride salt to 1,4-dinitrocubane (28) in excellent yield. ... 

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