The Salt Makers

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Wothers
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Sulfuric Acid ◽  
Nitric Acid ◽  
Hydrochloric Acid ◽  
Acid Solution ◽  
Periodic Table ◽  
Dilute Hydrochloric Acid ◽  
Common Salt ◽  
Distilled Water ◽  
Metal Sulfate

This chapter looks at the elements from the penultimate group of the periodic table—the halogens (‘salt-formers’). We shall see that the first of these elements was discovered by Scheele during his investigations of the mineral pyrolusite. Lavoisier knew of the element but he failed to recognize it as such since he was convinced the gas had to contain oxygen and so must be a compound. It was left to Davy to prove that this was not so, which led to the English chemist naming this element that had been discovered (but not properly named) over thirty years before by the great Scheele. Davy’s choice was to influence the names given to all the members of this group, including the most recent member named in 2016. There are three common acids known as mineral acids, since they may all be obtained by heating combinations of certain minerals. Their modern names are nitric acid, sulfuric acid, and hydrochloric acid. Of these three, hydrochloric was probably the last to be discovered. Nitric and sulfuric acids were obtained in the thirteenth or early fourteenth centuries, but the earliest unambiguous preparation of relatively pure hydrochloric acid is from a hundred years later, in a manuscript from Bologna which translates as Secrets for Colour. It gives a curious recipe for a water to soften bones: ‘Take common salt and Roman vitriol in equal quantities, and grind them very well together; then distil them through an alembic, and keep the distilled water in a vessel well closed.’ As we saw in Chapter 3, ‘Roman vitriol’ is a hydrated metal sulfate, probably iron or copper sulfate; its mixture with salt, when heated, produces water and hydrogen chloride, which together form the acid solution. Later texts from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries include similar methods to prepare this so-called spirit of salt, or ‘oyle of salt’. The first mentioned use, to soften bones, is indeed best achieved with hydrochloric acid, which readily dissolves the minerals from bone to leave only the organic matter largely intact. Leave a chicken bone in dilute hydrochloric acid for a few hours, and it may easily be bent without breaking.

scholarly journals A Study on the Leaching of Rare Earth Elements from Waste Phosphor Powder

2021 ◽  
Vol 59 (7) ◽  
pp. 459-468
Author(s):  
Gee Hun Lee ◽  
Chang Kwon Kim ◽  
Dong Hoon Lee ◽  
Young Jun Song
Keyword(s):  
Rare Earth ◽  
Sulfuric Acid ◽  
Nitric Acid ◽  
Hydrochloric Acid ◽  
Acid Solution ◽  
Rare Earth Elements ◽  
Nitric Acid Solution ◽  
Reaction Rate ◽  
Phosphor Powder ◽  
Leaching Reaction

This study was carried out to obtain data to design a process to recover rare earth elements, specifically Y(Yttrium), La(Lanthanum), Ce(Cerium), Eu(Europium), Tb(Terbium) from waste phosphor powder. For this purpose, we investigated the effect of temperature, concentration, time and acids on leaching of the rare earth elements. The effect of roasting temperature, roasting time, roasting agent and its dosage on the leaching of rare earth elements were also investigated. 92% of the Yttrium, 70% of the Europium and 8% of the Cerium contained in the waste phosphor powder was leached at the condition of 50 oC and 0.3N HCl solution for 3hours. However, Terbium and Lanthanum were never leached at this condition. The leaching ratio increased to 100% of Yttrium and Europium, 98% of Cerium, 92% of Terbium and 89% of Lanthanum by leaching after soda ash roasting. In the leaching experiment with unroasted phosphor at 80 oC, the initial leaching reaction rate of Yttrium was 0.035 mol/L·s in 0.3N sulfuric acid solution, 0.033 mol/L·s in nitric acid solution and 0.028 mol/L·s in 0.3N hydrochloric acid solution. And the initial leaching reaction rate of Europium was 0.0017 mol/L·s in 0.3N sulfuric acid solution, 0.00114 mol/L·s in nitric acid solution and 0.00113 mol/L·s in 0.3N hydrochloric acid solution. For Cerium, the initial leaching reaction rate was 0.00019 mol/L·s in 0.3N sulfuric acid solution, 0.00025 mol/L·s in nitric acid solution and 0.00014 mol/L·s in 0.3N hydrochloric acid solution.

Recovery Gemanium from Pulverized Fuel Ash through the Method of H2SO4-NH4F-NaClO3 - Leaching-Tannin Precipitation

2013 ◽  
Vol 669 ◽  
pp. 377-383
Author(s):  
Shi Kun Pu ◽  
Yao Zhong Lan ◽  
Yan Jun Li ◽  
Zhong Hui Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Sulfuric Acid ◽  
Hydrochloric Acid ◽  
Acid Solution ◽  
Ammonium Fluoride ◽  
Sodium Chlorate ◽  
Sulphuric Acid Solution ◽  
Fuel Ash ◽  
Pulverized Fuel ◽  
Leaching Solution ◽  
Pulverized Fuel Ash

This paper will conduct a systematic study on method of recovering Ge from pulverized fuel ash in Lincang prefecture, Yunnan province. Details are like this, in view of the fact that Ge contained in pulverized fuel ash is wrapped up by a lot of Silica, Cao, magnesium oxide and is difficult to react with hydrochloric acid, so, first, have the pulverized fuel ash grinded to 200 meshes; then, ammonium fluoride should be put into 85-90°Cdilute sulphuric acid solution to produce hydrogen fluoride so as to destroy silicon dioxide and calcium oxide contained in the pulverized fuel ash. Meanwhile, dilute sulphuric acid solution dissolves magnesium oxide, by doing so, Ge will be released to react with sulfuric acid and produce Sulfuric acid Ge, and Ge will go into the solution；as for low state Ge（e.g,GeO,GeS）contained in the pulverized fuel ash which is difficult to be dissolved by sulfuric acid, sodium chlorate will be used as a kind of oxidant to change bivalence Ge into tetravalence Ge, then dissolve it into the solution, after the liquid-solid separation, sulfuric acid leaching solution rich in Ge will be obtained. Then, tannic acid will be used as precipitant to recover Ge from the leaching solution, and Ge concentrate will be produced through distillation and roasting. After this, put Ge concentrate on hydrochloric acid distillation to get germanium tetrachloride, After going through strenuous evaporation, distillation and hydrolysis, germanium dioxide with high purity will be yield. This paper has conducted conditional tests and discussion on the process parameters which will influence recovery Ge from pulverized fuel ash, including the dosage of Sulfuric acid, ammonium fluoride, sodium chlorate ,tannic acid and extraction time to find out the prior controlling condition of Ge recovery，under this prior condition, Ge leaching rate is as high as 84%，and tannic sinking Ge rate is as high as 98%. The pulverized fuel ash, after recovering Ge, can be used to backfill the mine pit, besides, most of the lixivium after recovering Ge can be recycled, and the rest of it will be released after neutralized up to the standard by lime. This process enjoys the following quality: high Ge recovery rate, less time used during the process ,less consumption of auxiliary material, easier to control the process, avoiding the potential pollution on the environment and lower cost involved in it, therefore, which is a kind of efficient and economic process of recovering Ge from pulverized fuel ash.

Salts of Sulfated Oleic Acid Amides as Acid Corrosion Inhibitors

2021 ◽  
Vol 625 (3) ◽  
pp. 36-38
Author(s):  
E. K. Aminova ◽  
◽  
V. V. Fomina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Oleic Acid ◽  
Sulfuric Acid ◽  
Hydrochloric Acid ◽  
Aqueous Solutions ◽  
Carboxylic Acids ◽  
Ammonium Salt ◽  
Dilute Hydrochloric Acid ◽  
Corrosion Inhibitors ◽  
Acid Corrosion ◽  
Protective Ability

This work is a continuation in a series of studies on the preparation of acid corrosion inhibitors based on carboxylic acids. A method of synthesis of acid corrosion inhibitors based on oleic acid amides has been developed. Several syntheses have been carried out to increase its inhibitory properties. The substances were obtained in several stages. At the first stage, amino alcohols were added to the ОA, then the resulting compounds were sulfonated with sulfuric acid. To expand the field of various inhibitors, reactions with bases are produced. As a result, salts of sulfated amides of oleic acid synthesized with amino nitrates, sulfuric acid and aqueous solutions of bases were formed. To establish the effectiveness of the compounds obtained, the protective ability in dilute hydrochloric acid was evaluated. It is established that some of the obtained substances exhibit the corresponding properties of inhibitors. In this case, the most effective is the ammonium salt of sulfated diethanolamide oleic acid.

scholarly journals Effect of Surface Modification with Different Acids on the Functional Groups of AF 5 Catalyst and Its Catalytic Effect on the Atmospheric Leaching of Enargite

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jahromi ◽  
Ghahreman
Keyword(s):  
Sulfuric Acid ◽  
Nitric Acid ◽  
Hydrochloric Acid ◽  
Functional Groups ◽  
Photoelectron Spectroscopy ◽  
Elemental Sulfur ◽  
Catalytic Properties ◽  
Copper Recovery ◽  
Pre Treatment ◽  
Sulfur Adsorption

Carbon-based catalysts can assist the oxidative leaching of sulfide minerals. Recently, we presented that AF 5 Lewatit® is among the catalysts with superior enargite oxidation capacity and capability to collect elemental sulfur on its surface. Herein, the effect of acid pre-treatment of the AF 5 catalyst was studied on the AF 5 surface, to further enhance the catalytic properties of AF 5. The AF 5 catalyst was pretreated by hydrochloric acid, nitric acid and sulfuric acid. The results showed that the acid treatment drastically changes the surface properties of AF 5. For instance, the concentration of quinone-like functional groups, which are ascribed to the catalytic properties of AF 5, is 45.4% in the sulfuric acid pre-treatment AF 5 and only 29.8% in the hydrochloric acid-treated AF 5. Based on the C 1s X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) results the oxygenated carbon is 30.6% in the sulfuric acid-treated AF 5, 29.2% in the nitric acid-treated AF 5 and 28.3% in the hydrochloric acid-treated AF 5. The nitric acid pre-treated AF 5 resulted in the highest copper recovery during the oxidative enargite leaching process, recovering 98.8% of the copper. The sulfuric acid-treated AF 5 recovered 97.1% of the enargite copper into the leach solution. Among different leaching media and pre-treatment the lowest copper recovery was achieved with the HCl pre-treated AF 5 which was 88.6%. The pre-treatment of AF 5 with acids also had modified its elemental sulfur adsorption capacity, where the sulfur adsorption on AF 5 was increased from 30.9% for the HCl treated AF 5 to 51.1% for the sulfuric acid-treated AF 5.

scholarly journals THE INACTIVATION OF DILUTE SOLUTIONS OF CRYSTALLINE TRYPSIN BY X-RADIATION

1955 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 581-598 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret R. McDonald
Keyword(s):  
Sulfuric Acid ◽  
Nitric Acid ◽  
Hydrochloric Acid ◽  
Radiation Effects ◽  
Reaction Yield ◽  
X Rays ◽  
Dilute Solutions ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Ph Range ◽  
Ph Curve

The proteolytic activity of dilute solutions of clystalline trypsin is destroyed by x-rays, the amount of inactivation being an exponential function of the radiation dose. The reaction yield increases steadily with increasing concentration of trypsin, varying, as the concentration of enzyme is increased from 1 to 300 µM, from 0.068 to 0.958 micromole of trypsin per liter inactivated per 1000 r with 0.005 N hydrochloric acid as the solvent, from 0.273 to 0.866 with 0.005 N sulfuric acid as the solvent, and from 0.343 to 0.844 with 0.005 N nitric acid as the solvent. When the reaction yields are plotted as a function of the initial concentration of trypsin, they fall on a curve given by the expression Y α XK, in which Y is the reaction yield, X is the concentration of trypsin, and K is a constant equal to 0.46, 0.20, and 0.16, respectively, with 0.005 N hydrochloric, sulfuric, and nitric acids as solvents. The differences between the reaction yields found with chloride and sulfate ions in I to 10 µM trypsin solutions are significant only in the pH range from 2 to 4. The amount of inactivation obtained with a given dose of x-rays depends on the pH of the solution being irradiated and the nature of the solvent. The reaction yield-pH curve is a symmetrical one, with minimum yields at about pH 7. Buffers such as acetate, citrate, borate and barbiturate, and other organic molecules such as ethanol and glucose, in concentrations as low as 20 µM, inhibit the inactivation of trypsin by x-radiation. Sigmoid inactivation-dose curves instead of exponential ones are obtained in the presence of ethanol. The reaction yields for the inactivation of trypsin solutions by x-rays are approximately 1.5 times greater when the irradiation is done at 26°C. than when it is done at 5°C., when 0.005 N hydrochloric acid is the solvent. The dependence on temperature is less when 0.005 N sulfuric acid is used, and is negligible with 0.005 N nitric acid. The difficulties involved in interpreting radiation effects in aqueous systems, and in comparing the results obtained under different experimental conditions, are discussed.

Background Spectral Features in Inductively Coupled Plasma/Mass Spectrometry

1986 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 445-460 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. H. Tan ◽  
G. Horlick
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Sulfuric Acid ◽  
Nitric Acid ◽  
Hydrochloric Acid ◽  
Inductively Coupled Plasma ◽  
Mass Spectra ◽  
Mass Range ◽  
Spectral Features ◽  
Inductively Coupled ◽  
Plasma Mass Spectrometry

Basic background mass spectra of the inductively coupled plasma are presented in this report. The background spectral features were measured for the nebulization of water and for 5% solutions of nitric acid, hydrochloric acid, and sulfuric acid. Background spectra are presented for all these solutions for the mass range 1 to 84 amu, and extensive tables are presented for observed species and their isotopic combinations.

The Inhibitor Exploration Test of Collophane Reverse Flotation in Yunnan

2014 ◽  
Vol 722 ◽  
pp. 22-24
Author(s):  
Bo Wen Yang ◽  
Ping Zhou ◽  
Wan Chao Jin
Keyword(s):  
Sulfuric Acid ◽  
Nitric Acid ◽  
Hydrochloric Acid ◽  
Reverse Flotation ◽  
One Stage ◽  
Phosphate Product ◽  
Test Process

The phosphate is low silicon carbonate collophane, gangue mainly dolomite. determine one-stage roughing and one-stage scavenging reverse flotation test process,the grinding fineness of 92.86% -200 mesh.Collector with paraffin soap oxidated,Three acid of sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, nitric acid as an inhibitor for contrast test,With concentration of 10% sulfuric acid 10000 g/t can research qualified phosphate product with content of 33.95% in concentration and recovery of 62.06%.

Case Histories and Ratings vs Corrosives of Polyester Fiber Glass Equipment★

CORROSION ◽  
1959 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. 29-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROBERT E. BARNETT ◽  
THOMAS F. ANDERSON
Keyword(s):  
Sulfuric Acid ◽  
Nitric Acid ◽  
Hydrochloric Acid ◽  
Fish Oil ◽  
Boiling Point ◽  
Chemical Resistance ◽  
Polyester Fiber ◽  
Case Histories ◽  
Fiber Glass ◽  
Fair Poor

Abstract Polyesters used in situations where their chemical resistance is important are grouped into five types for convenience in considering their value under attack by industrial corrosives at varying temperatures. Data were compiled from information supplied by four of the major producers on polyester ducts, hoods and tanks as were 17 illustrations of equipment. Pictured equipment is described, environment indicated and durability reported. Corrodents involved include sulfonated fish oil, acidified oils, HCl containing benzene, nitric acid, hydrochloric acid and fumes, plating solutions, sulfuric acid and others at varying temperatures. Some of the characteristics of and reasons for using lined equipment are given. The appendix consists of four tables in which polyesters are rated for service as open hoods and connecting ductwork and for tanks against a wide variety of industrial corrosives, plating solutions pickling and dipping solutions and stripping solutions. Over 5000 ratings are given as excellent, good, fair, poor and not recommended at temperatures of 80 F or less, 212 F or boiling point of solution, if lower: 160 F. 180 F. 6.6.8

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