Toluene molecular weight

Air stripping is used to remove 90% of the toluene (molecular weight = 92) dissolved in a 10 kg/s (159 gpm) wastewater stream. The inlet composition of toluene in the wastewater is 500 ppm. Air (essentially free of toluene) is compressed to 202.6 kPa (2 atm) and bubbled through a stripper which contains sieve trays. In order to avoid fire hazards, the concentration of toluene in the air leaving the stripper is taken as 50% of the lower flammability limit (LFL) of toluene in air. The toluene-laden air exiting the stripper is fed to a condenser which recovers almost all the toluene. A schematic representation of the process is shown in Fig. 2.11. Calculate the annual operating cost and the fixed capital investment for the system. The following physical and economic data are available ... 

FIG. 16.17 Power law exponent — ft — 1 — n as a function of the coil overlap parameter c[ 7], for solutions of polystyrene (filled symbols) and poly(a-methyl styrene) in chlorinated biphenyls (open symbols). The values of [77] were obtained in toluene. Molecular weights range from 860 to 13,600 kg/mol for polystyrene and from 440 to 7500 kg/mol for poly(a-methyl styrene). From Graessley (1974). Courtesy Springer Verlag. 

A series of bis(alkylphosphine)trichlorotitanium(III) complexes can be prepared by direct combination of the components in toluene at elevated temperature. The bis(phosphine) complexes are soluble in aromatic hydrocarbon solvents such as benzene and toluene. Molecular weight measurements and epr spectroscopy indicate that the complexes are five-coordinate monomers in benzene. The weakly basic character of the hydrocarbon solvent diminishes... 

Polymer Synthesis. Polyethylene glycol (PEG) 600,1000, and 1500 were obtained from Aldrich Chemical Company and dried by azeotroping with toluene. Molecular weights for the polyethylene glycols were determined from hydroxyl numbers. DieSiylene glycol (DEG) from Fisher Scientific was purified by vacuum distillation over metallic sodium. Hexamethylene diisocyanate (HMDI) from Aldrich Chemical Company was vacuum distilled. Dicyclohexylmethane-4,4 -diisocyanate (DCDI) (Desmodur W) from Mobay Chemical Company was used as received. Dibutyltin bis-(2-ethylhexanoate) from Kodak was stored over phosphorus pentoxide. N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) from EM Science and 4-methyl-2-pentanone from Aldrich Chemical Company were dried over 3A molecular sieves. 

Fig. 2.20 High-speed stirring of polystyrene experimental and calculated homogenizer speed dependence of degradation on of polystyrene in toluene. Molecular weights are viscosity averages and Afi = 10 [23].

Figure C2.1.8. Reduced osmotic pressure V l(RTc as a function of the polymer weight concentration for solutions of poly(a-metliylstyrene) in toluene at 25 °C. The molecular weight of poly(a-metliylstyrene) varies...

Benzene. Pure benzene (free in particular from toluene) must be used, otherwise the freezing-point is too low, and crystallisation may not occur with ice-water cooling alone. On the other hand, this benzene should not be specially dried immediately before use, as it then becomes slightly hygroscopic and does not give a steady freezing-point until it has been exposed to the air for 2-3 hours. Many compounds (particularly the carboxylic acids) associate in benzene, and molecular weights determined in this solvent should therefore be otherwise confirmed. 

Now calculate the molecular weight of the substance precisely as described on p. 442. The weight of the solvent employed may be calculated from the following densities methanol, 0 810 rectified spirit, 0-807 acetone, 0 797 ethyl acetate, 0 905 chloroform, 1 504 carbon tetrachloride, 1 582 benzene, 0 880 toluene, 0-871 cyclohexane, 0-724 i, 2-dichloroethane, 1 252. 

The first quantitative model, which appeared in 1971, also accounted for possible charge-transfer complex formation (45). Deviation from the terminal model for bulk polymerization was shown to be due to antepenultimate effects (46). Mote recent work with numerical computation and C-nmr spectroscopy data on SAN sequence distributions indicates that the penultimate model is the most appropriate for bulk SAN copolymerization (47,48). A kinetic model for azeotropic SAN copolymerization in toluene has been developed that successfully predicts conversion, rate, and average molecular weight for conversions up to 50% (49). 

Above 100°C, most polyolefins dissolve in various aHphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons and their halogenated derivatives. For example, polybutene dissolves in benzene, toluene, decalin, tetralin, chloroform, and chlorobenzenes. As with other polyolefins, solubiHty of PB depends on temperature, molecular weight, and crystallinity. 

Laminates. Laminate manufacture involves the impregnation of a web with a Hquid phenoHc resin in a dip-coating operation. Solvent type, resin concentration, and viscosity determine the degree of fiber penetration. The treated web is dried in an oven and the resin cures, sometimes to the B-stage (semicured). Final resin content is between 30 and 70%. The dry sheet is cut and stacked, ready for lamination. In the curing step, multilayers of laminate are stacked or laid up in a press and cured at 150—175°C for several hours. The resins are generally low molecular weight resoles, which have been neutralized with the salt removed. Common carrier solvents for the varnish include acetone, alcohol, and toluene. Alkylated phenols such as cresols improve flexibiUty and moisture resistance in the fused products. 

Polyethers prepared from propylene oxide are soluble in most organic solvents. The products with the highest hydroxyl number (lowest molecular weight) are soluble in water, not in nonpolar solvents such as hexane. The solubihty of 3000 molecular weight triols is high enough in solvents such as toluene, hexane, and methylene chloride that the triols can be purified by a solvent extraction process. 

The PMBs, when treated with electrophilic reagents, show much higher reaction rates than the five lower molecular weight homologues (benzene, toluene, (9-, m- and -xylene), because the benzene nucleus is highly activated by the attached methyl groups (Table 2). The PMBs have reaction rates for electrophilic substitution ranging from 7.6 times faster (sulfonylation of durene) to ca 607,000 times faster (nuclear chlorination of durene) than benzene. With rare exception, the PMBs react faster than toluene and the three isomeric dimethylbenzenes (xylenes). 

Bulk polymerization has been studied at relatively low temperatures and in toluene and carbon tetrachloride solutions carried to low conversions (12). The effects of temperature and different organic peroxide initiators have been observed. The molecular weight of soluble polymer after 3% conversion is ca — 19,000 and is somewhat dependent on initiator concentration or temperature between 35 and 65 °C. With di-2-methylpentanoyl... 

The number-average molecular weight of dimethylsiloxane can also be determined from the intrinsic viscosity [Tj, dL/g] (extrapolated to zero viscosity) ia toluene or methyl ethyl ketone according to the foUowiag equatioa (339,340) ... 

Commercially available PVB resias are generally soluble in lower molecular weight alcohols, glycol ethers, and certain mixtures of polar and nonpolar solvents. A representative Hst is found in Table 5. Grades with lower vinyl alcohol content are soluble in a wider variety of solvents. A common solvent for all of the Butvar resins is a combination of 60 parts of toluene and 40 parts of ethanol (95%) by weight. 

The molecular weight distribution of the feed affects the distribution of the product. If the naphtha is concentrated in the C -Cg range, more benzene and toluene are found in the product. If the feed is weighted to Cg—C q, more xylenes and higher aromatics are found. Some carbon number "shppage" occurs by dealkylation some C s form benzene by losing a methyl group, some CgS form toluene, etc. 

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