Sulfur compounds generally

Rubber-sulfur compounds generally vulcanize slowly, and, as described in Section 1.9, organic accelerators were introduced to hasten the crossHnking process. The major organic accelerators are summarized in Table 1.10. Accelerated sulfur vulcanization is the most widely used rubber crosslinking process. 

Of the general formula, R - S — H, where R represents an aliphatic or cyclic radical, the thiols —also known as mercaptans— are acidic in behavior owing to their S—H functional group they are corrosive and malodorous. Their concentration in crude oils is very low if not zero, but they are created from other sulfur compounds during refining operations and show up in the light cuts, as illustrated in Table 8.6. 

Pure iron is a silvery white, relatively soft metal and is rarely used commercially. Typical properties are Hsted in Table 1. Electrolytic (99.9% pure) iron is used for magnetic cores (2) (see Magnetic materials, bulk). Native metallic iron is rarely found in nature because iron which commonly exhibits valences of +2 and +3 combines readily with oxygen and sulfur. Iron oxides are the most prevalent form of iron (see Iron compounds). Generally, these iron oxides (iron ores) are reduced to iron and melted in a blast furnace. The hot metal (pig iron) from the blast furnace is refined in steelmaking furnaces to make steel... 

Purification. The LPG generally requires treatment for removal of hydrogen sulfide [7783-06-4] H2S, organic sulfur compounds, and water in... 

Tetrahydronaphthalene is produced by the catalytic treatment of naphthalene with hydrogen. Various processes have been used, eg, vapor-phase reactions at 101.3 kPa (1 atm) as well as higher pressure Hquid-phase hydrogenation where the conditions are dependent upon the particular catalyst used. Nickel or modified nickel catalysts generally are used commercially however, they are sensitive to sulfur, and only naphthalene that has very low sulfur levels can be used. Thus many naphthalene producers purify their product to remove the thionaphthene, which is the principal sulfur compound present. Sodium treatment and catalytic hydrodesulfuri2ation processes have been used for the removal of sulfur from naphthalene the latter treatment is preferred because of the ha2ardous nature of sodium treatment. 

The term naphthenic acid, as commonly used in the petroleum industry, refers collectively to all of the carboxyUc acids present in cmde oil. Naphthenic acids [1338-24-5] are classified as monobasic carboxyUc acids of the general formula RCOOH, where R represents the naphthene moiety consisting of cyclopentane and cyclohexane derivatives. Naphthenic acids are composed predorninandy of aLkyl-substituted cycloaUphatic carboxyUc acids, with smaller amounts of acycHc aUphatic (paraffinic or fatty) acids. Aromatic, olefinic, hydroxy, and dibasic acids are considered to be minor components. Commercial naphthenic acids also contain varying amounts of unsaponifiable hydrocarbons, phenoHc compounds, sulfur compounds, and water. The complex mixture of acids is derived from straight-mn distillates of petroleum, mosdy from kerosene and diesel fractions (see Petroleum). 

Sulfur [7704-34-9] S, a nonmetallic element, is the second element of Group 16 (VIA) of the Periodic Table, coming below oxygen and above selenium. In massive elemental form, sulfur is often referred to as brimstone. Sulfur is one of the most important taw materials of the chemical industry. It is of prime importance to the fertilizer industry (see Fertilizers) and its consumption is generally regarded as one of the best measures of a nation s industrial development and economic activity (see Sulfur compounds Sulfurremoval and recovery Sulfuric acid and sulfur trioxide). 

The reducing agents generally used in bleaching include sulfur dioxide, sulfurous acid, bisulfites, sulfites, hydrosulfites (dithionites), sodium sulfoxylate formaldehyde, and sodium borohydride. These materials are used mainly in pulp and textile bleaching (see Sulfur compounds Boron compounds). 

Vulcanization. Some of the chlorine atoms along the chain (1,2 units) are very labile and reactive, and provide excellent sites for cross-linking. Hence neoprene is not vulcanized by sulfur but by metal oxides, eg, magnesium and zinc oxides, although sulfur is generally included in the compound to control the rate of vulcanization. 

Sulfur in crude oils is mainly present in the form of organosulfur compounds. Hydrogen sulfide is the only important inorganic sulfur compound found in crude oil. Its presence, however, is harmful because of its corrosive nature. Organosulfur compounds may generally be classified as acidic and non-acidic. Acidic sulfur compounds are the thiols (mercap-tans). Thiophene, sulfides, and disulfides are examples of non-acidic sulfur compounds found in crude fractions. Extensive research has been carried out to identify some sulfur compounds in a narrow light petroleum fraction.Examples of some sulfur compounds from the two types are ... 

Mercaptans are organic sulfur compounds having the general formula of R-S-H. As stated earlier, amine treating is not effective for the... 

The photochemistry of sulfoxides and sulfones, which was first comprehensively reviewed in 19691, continues to be an area of active research interest. In this early review some 30 to 40 primary publications on the photochemistry of sulfoxides and sulfones were described. Since that date, interest in this field has continued at a steady, rather than accelerated, pace but further reviews of the general area of photochemistry of organic sulfur compounds have appeared2,3. The present review will focus on the main areas of interest for both sulfoxides and sulfones which, in spite of their apparent similarity, exhibit quite different photochemical behavior. 

AMD 1 Particulate air filters for general ventilation - Requirements, testing, marking (AMD 8367) dated 15 November 1994. Superseded BS 6540 Part 1 1985 Natural gas - Determination of sulfur compounds. Determination of hydrogen sulfide, mercaptan sulfiir, and carbonyl sulfide sulfur by potentiometry. Also BS 3156 Subsection 11.4.3 1994 Natural gas - Determination of sulfur compounds. Lingener combustion method. Also BS 3156 Subsection 11.4.5 1994... 

Several trends have emerged in the extensive carbon-13 NMR spectroscopy data that have been accumulated for sulfones and sulfoxides. Based on many studies of cyclic systems—particularly five- and six-membered ring sulfur compounds—these trends were shown to generally apply equally to both the cyclic and acyclic systems . Thus (a) oxidation of a sulfide to a sulfone results in a 20-25 ppm downfield chemical shift for sp -hybridized a-carbon atoms and 4-9 ppm upfield shift for / -carbons , and (b) there is very little difference between the chemical shifts of a-carbon atoms of sulfones and sulfoxides despite the difference in the inductive effects of these two functional groups . A difference is observed, however, in the H chemical shift of related cyclic sulfoxides and sulfones . 

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