Solvent extraction stabilization

Solvent Resistance. Elastomeric fibers tend to swell in certain organic solvents mbber fibers swell in hydrocarbon solvents such as hexane. Spandex fibers become highly swollen in chlorinated solvents such as tetrachloroethylene [127-18-4] (Perclene). Although the physical properties of spandex fibers return to normal after the solvent evaporates, considerable amounts of its stabilizers may have been extracted. Therefore, the development of stabilizers that are more resistant to solvent extraction has become important as solvent scouring during mill processing replaces aqueous scouring at many mills, especially in Europe (26). 

Many antioxidants ia these classes are volatile to some extent at elevated temperatures and almost all antioxidants are readily extracted from their vulcanizates by the proper solvent. These disadvantages have become more pronounced as performance requirements for mbber products have been iacreased. Higher operating temperatures and the need for improved oxidation resistance under conditions of repeated extraction have accelerated the search for new techniques for polymer stabilization. Carpet backiag, seals, gaskets, and hose are some examples where high temperatures and/or solvent extraction can combine to deplete a mbber product of its antioxidant and thus lead to its oxidative deterioration faster (38,40). 

Lube oil extraction plants often use phenol as solvent. Phenol is used because of its solvent power with a wide range of feed stocks and its ease of recovery. Phenol preferentially dissolves aromatic-type hydrocarbons from the feed stock and improves its oxidation stability and to some extent its color. Phenol extraction can be used over the entire viscosity range of lube distillates and deasphalted oils. The phenol solvent extraction separation is primarily by molecular type or composition. In order to accomplish a separation by solvent extraction, it is necessary that two liquid phases be present. In phenol solvent extraction of lubricating oils these two phases are an oil-rich phase and a phenol-rich phase. Tne oil-rich phase or raffinate solution consists of the "treated" oil from which undesirable naphthenic and aromatic components have been removed plus some dissolved phenol. The phenol-rich phase or extract solution consists mainly of the bulk of the phenol plus the undesirable components removed from the oil feed. The oil materials remaining... 

Several techniques can be used to separate phenol. Solvent extraction using gas oil or lube oil (process MSAs Sj and S2, respectively) is a potential option. Besides the purification of wastewater, the transfer of phenol to gas oil and lube oil is a useful process for the oils. Phenol tends to act as an oxidation inhibitor and serves to improve color stability and reduce sediment formation. The data for the waste streams and the process MSAs are given in Tables 3.4 and 3.5, respectively. 

A knowledge of stability constant values is of considerable importance in analytical chemistry, since they provide information about the concentrations of the various complexes formed by a metal in specified equilibrium mixtures this is invaluable in the study of complexometry, and of various analytical separation procedures such as solvent extraction, ion exchange, and chromatography.2,3... 

The physical nature of the sulfate complexes formed by plutonium(III) and plutonium(IV) in 1 M acid 2 M ionic strength perchlorate media has been inferred from thermodynamic parameters for complexation reactions and acid dependence of stability constants. The stability constants of 1 1 and 1 2 complexes were determined by solvent extraction and ion-exchange techniques, and the thermodynamic parameters calculated from the temperature dependence of the stability constants. The data are consistent with the formation of complexes of the form PuSOi,(n-2)+ for the 1 1 complexes of both plutonium(III) and plutonium(IV). The second HSO4 ligand appears to be added without deprotonation in both systems to form complexes of the form PuSOifHSOit(n"3) +. ... 

The study of carbonate complexes of Pu is complicated by various experimental difficulties. The low solubility of many carbonates (7), leaving a very dilute Pu concentration in solution, results in difficulties to the experiments with electrochemical or spectrophotometric methods. However, the radiometric method with solvent extraction or solubility measurement is easily applicable for the purpose. Unlike the solution with anions, like Cl, N03 etc., the concentration of which can be varied at a constant pH, the preparation of solutions with varying carbonate concentration accompanies indispensably the change of pH of the solution. As a result, the formation of carbonate complexes involves accordingly the hydrolysis reactions of Pu ions in solutions under investigation. It is therefore prerequisite to know the stability constants of Pu(IV) hydroxides prior to the study of its carbonate complexation. 

Oleosomes of seabuckthom fruit flesh were isolated by physical separation techniques and their higher stabilities and antioxidant activities compared to solvent-extracted oil were demonstrated. ... 

The given structure shows two molecules of TTA to have reacted with a cobalt ion to form the cobalt-TTA complex, in which the cobalt atom forms a valence bond solid lines) with one, and a coordinate bond (broken lines) with the other, oxygen atom of each TTA molecule. Thus, in the cobalt-TTA complex there is a six-membered ring formed by each TTA molecule with the cobalt atom. Metal chelate complexes of this type have good stability, they are nonpolar and soluble in the organic phase. The usefulness of the chelating extractants in solvent extraction is therefore obvious. 

In solvent extraction with TBP, the fluoride complexes form solvated complexes with TBP. The stabilities of such complexes depend on the acidity/concentration of hydrofluoric... 

When using any solvent extraction system, one of the most important decisions is the selection of the solvent to be used. The properties which should be considered when choosing the appropriate solvent are selectivity distribution coefficients insolubility recoverability density interfacial tension chemical reactivity viscosity vapour pressure freezing point safety and cost. A balance must be obtained between the efficiency of extraction (the yield), the stability of the additive under the extraction conditions, the (instrumental and analyst) time required and cost of the equipment. Once extracted the functionality is lost and... 

Kordosky, G. A. Virnig, M. J. Mattison, P. Beta-diketone copper extractants structure and stability. International Solvent Extraction Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, Mar. 17-21, 2002, 360-365. 

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