Surface treatments chromium compounds

Organochromium Catalysts. Several commercially important catalysts utilize organ ochromium compounds. Some of them are prepared by supporting bis(triphenylsilyl)chromate on siUca or siUca-alumina in a hydrocarbon slurry followed by a treatment with alkyl aluminum compounds (41). Other catalysts are based on bis(cyclopentadienyl)chromium deposited on siUca (42). The reactions between the hydroxyl groups in siUca and the chromium compounds leave various chromium species chemically linked to the siUca surface. The productivity of supported organochromium catalysts is also high, around 8—10 kg PE/g catalyst (800—1000 kg PE/g Cr). 

Dichromate oxidation does tend to give a harsher handle and a less hydrophilic fibre, tending to cause handling problems in subsequent processes such as weaving, and is therefore less suitable for yarn dyeings. The technical merits of dichromate are overshadowed by ecological considerations, however, since chromium compounds in surface waters pose a direct threat to health and are increasingly restricted by water treatment... 

Treatment of silica with a chromium compound in aqueous solution. The chromium compound later reacts with surface silanol groups thereby affixing Cr to the surface of the support, either as the monochromate or dichromate, as illustrated in Figure 5.2. 

Surface Treatments. Certain inorganic chemicals (especially hexavalent chromium compounds), when applied as dilute aqueous solutions to wood surfaces, provide the following benefits (70, 135, 139—141) (1) retarding degradation of wood surfaces by UV radiation ... 

Desai and Clarke (149) reported successful results using zinc-containing compounds. Sell et al. (ISO, 151) described surface treatment with chromium-copper-boron salts. Field weathering tests, leaching tests, and electron-probe microanalysis showed that this treatment was resistant to leaching and weathering. Water-soluble extractives in redwood and redcedar were fixed by treating the wood surface with dilute solutions of copper and chromium salts. This treatment permits direct application of latex paints to these woods (146). 

In what follows the methodology for the selection of the operating conditions of a nondispersive solvent extraction process will be developed. As an example the removal and recovery of Cr(VI) from an indnstrial effluent of a surface treatment plant will be considered. The kinetic modeling including the extraction reactions. Equation (6.17) and Equation (6.22), and the mass balances of chromium compounds to the three fluid phases and considering the hollow fiber modules and the homoge-neization stirred tanks. Equation (6.30) through Equation (6.50) were described in Sections 6.3 and 6.4. 

Some alternative chromate free pretreatment methods for aluminium surfaces have already been described [14 16], Commercially available products mainly consist of titanium and zirconium compounds. Hybrid polymer sol-gel materials are potential substitutes for hexavalent chromium-based surface treatments as well. Due to the chemical characteristics, in particular, the presence of hydroxy and alkoxy groups, the hybrid materials are qualified to coat metal as well as metal oxide surfaces. These groups can react with OH-groups on the surfaces of both metals and metal oxides. Water and alcohols are eliminated, while bonds between the hybrid polymer and the metal surface are created (Fig. 6.6), thus leading to good durable adhesion of the layers to the metal substrates [17,18]. Similar to silane adhesion promoters, the hybrid sol-gel materials can also link to organic polymer paint systems (Fig. 6.7). 

Table II presents the results of some wettability measurements on adsorbed monolayers prepared from molten Compound D on pure, polished, clean, chromium surfaces after solvent treatment had been used to remove all surplus solidified acid. A series of successive solvent treatments was applied to each coated specimen (see first four columns of Table II) using liquids which have been shown to be good solvents for Compound in the bulk (9). These liquids were either absolute ethyl alcohol or benzene at or above 20°C., or n-hexane at or above 60°C. In the remaining columns are listed the average values of the slowly advancing contact angles measured by the drop-buildup method on from three to five different drops. Measurements were made on sessile drops of water, thiodiglycol, and methylene iodide. These three diagnostic liquids were chosen because of their high surface tensions (72.8, 54.0,...

In addition to film preparation by adsorption from the melt, Compound D was also adsorbed on pure platinum surfaces by adsorption from solution in nitrobenzene, ethyl alcohol, and ethyl alcohol-water solutions. As was true of films adsorbed on chromium, adsorption on platinum from solution resulted in surface coatings exhibiting lower contact angles than those formed from the molten acid. The same postadsorption treatments were also effective in increasing the contact angles of films of Compound D on platinum. 

If the silica is treated with fluoride prior to titanation, which converts many of the silanol groups into Si-F surface groups, the reaction with titanium alkoxide is inhibited and the treatment is less effective. The data in Table 34 illustrate this outcome. Silica samples were treated (or not) with two fluoride compounds in aqueous solution, then they were dried at 260 °C in the normal way prior to titanation. Titanium isopropoxide was added to make the catalyst contain 5 wt% Ti. Each sample was then calcined at 815 °C in air. Chromium was applied (0.5 wt%) as bis(f-butyl) chromate) in hexane solution (two-step activation, see Section 12). After final activation in air at 315 °C, each sample was tested at 102 °C, and the polymer MI values obtained are listed in the table. The change in MI shows that the titanium did not attach well to the carrier in the presence of fluoride. As more fluoride was added, the polymer MI dropped. 

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