Electrodialytic recovery of chromium(VI) from hydrochloric acid solutions with liquid membranes based on tri-n-octylamine

A study of the process of electrodialytic recovery of chromium(VI) from a solution of 0.01 M K₂Cr₂O₇ in 0.1 M HCl with liquid membranes containing tri-n-octylamine with addition of di(2-ethyl hexyl)phosphoric acid in1,2-dichloroetrhane to dilute solutions of various acids determined the optimal process conditions: electrodialysis current density and the composition of the starting and receiving aqueous solutions and liquid membranes. It was found that all the liquid membranes studied provide a complete recovery of chromium(VI) anions from the starting solution.     

Electrodialysis with ultrafiltration membranes for peptide separation

A number of bioactive peptides find their potential applications in food or pharmaceutical industry; however, there arise some limitations of their large-scale production to satisfy market demands. Although pressure-driven membrane processes are able of continuous production and separation of peptides, these technologies often demonstrate insufficient selectivity. Electrophoresis is a well-known purification process characterized by high resolution of separated species but it is limited by relatively low production capacity. On the other hand, electromembrane processes offer high production capacity but their limitation is the size of separated molecules. Electrodialysis with inserted ultrafiltration membranes is an alternative method of peptide separation into fractions, their concentration and possibly demineralization at the same time to achieve large production quantities. It is a hybrid process combining conventional electrodialysis and electrophoresis principles using ultrafiltration membranes. These membranes serve as a molecular barrier separating two types of solution while the driving force remains electric potential difference. This article offers state-of-the-art summary in the field of bioactive peptide separation and fractionation by electrodialysis with ultrafiltration membranes.     

Transport of glycine in systems with cation-exchange membranes in hydrochloric acid solutions: Effect of a heterogeneous protonation reaction

The electrical mass transfer of cations in electromembrane systems (EMS) with an MK-40 cation-exchange membrane and glycine in aqueous solutions of hydrochloric acid is studied using the method of a rotating membrane disk. Limiting current densities and limiting steps of the transport of cations in such systems are determined. Shown is the possibility of an increase in the electrical mass transfer of glycine as a consequence of the occurrence of a heterogeneous reaction of protonation of its zwitterions. The effect of the membrane surface state on the kinetic regularities of transport of cations in EMS with glycine in solutions of hydrochloric acid is exposed.     

An equation of state for hydrochloric acid solutions

Gibbons, R.M. and Laughton, A.P., 1984. An equation of state for hydrochloric acid solutions. Fluid Phase Equilibria, 18:61–68.A modified Redlich-Kwong-Soave (RKS) equation is presented for hydrochloric acid solutions. It is shown that the equation with one binary parameter predicts the azeotropic behaviour of the system accurately and the heats of solution within 10%. These results suggest that the new equation can be applied to a wide range of polar systems.     

Studies with inorganic ion-exchange membranes

The pyridinium molybdoarsenate membrane shows a response to pyridinium ions and can be used to determine the concentration of these ions in the range 10(-3)-1M. The potentials generated across the membrane are reproducible and the response time is less than 1 min. There is no interference from certain inorganic and organic ions. The electrode can be used in the pH range 3-6 as well as in non-aqueous medium. Small additions of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide cause large shifts in the membrane potentials. A membrane, after being treated with this surfactant, shows a wider range of response to pyridinium ions. Precipitation titration of pyridinium nitrate has been monitored by using this membrane electrode.     

Extraction of rhodium(III) with sulfoxides from hydrochloric acid solutions

Extraction of rhodium(III) from hydrochloric acid solutions with dihexyl sulfoxide (DHSO) and with petroleum sulfoxides (PSOs) was studied, and the optimal conditions for its recovery were found. At a phase contact time of up to 0.5 h, the extraction of rhodium(III) with sulfoxides occurred mainly by an ionassociation scenario. If the phase contact time exceeds 0.5 h, a mixed extraction scenario predominated to form the extracted complexes (L · H⁺) · [RhCl₄L₂]-(DHSO)_o and PSO (LH⁺) · [RhCl₄(H₂O) · L]⁻. The protonation of the extraction agents occurred at the donor oxygen atoms of the sulfoxide group. When rhodium was extracted with PSOs, the coordination of the extractant molecule in the inner coordination sphere of the acido complex to the metal ion occurred through the donor sulfur atom of the sulfoxide group, while with the use of DHSO, through the donor atoms of sulfur and oxygen of the sulfoxide group. Electronic, ¹H NMR, and IR spectroscopy and elemental analysis were used to determine the composition of the extracted compounds and suggest their structure.     

Perfluorinated ion-exchange membranes

This review concerns the chemical structure and synthesis of perfluorinated sulfocationite membranes, among which Nafion, MF-4SC, Flemion, Aciplex-S, and Dow membranes are the most well-known representatives. Special attention is given to main mechanisms controlling the formation of microstructure and its relationship with transport processes and selectivity levels of membranes. Key approaches to the modification of ion-exchange materials, above all involving the synthesis of hybrid membranes containing nanoparticles of inorganic compounds, are described. It is noted that increases in the conductivity and selectivity levels of hybrid membranes are primarily related to changes in structure of pores and channels and in the distribution of the concentration of carriers in them. Some examples of the practical use of perfluorinated membranes in modern technologies are highlighted.     

Heterogeneous ion-exchange membranes

The field of heterogeneous ion exchange membranes is reviewed briefly. Specific advantages and disadvantages of heterogeneous ion exchange membranes are discussed compared with those of homogeneous ion exchange membranes. p]The development of heterogeneous ion exchange membranes is presented in historical perspective. The electrochemistry of ion-selective membranes began with Ostwald in 1890. After the classical work of Michaelis (1925) with collodion membranes, the first fully synthetic ion exchange membranes were prepared by Zhukov (1933) and Wassenegger (1940), based on sulfonated phenol—formaldehyde resins. These initial membranes, which were of the homogeneous type found no practical uses. The era of commercially useful ion exchange membranes began with the work of Wyllie (1948), Juda (1950), Bodamer (1953) and their collaborators who prepared heterogeneous ion exchange membranes by embedding ion exchange particles into polymer matrices. p]Methods for making heterogeneous ion exchange membranes include compression-molding of polymer powders, compounding on hot rolls, latex or solvent blending in situ generation of either the matrix or the ion exchange material. Microheterogeneous ion exchange membranes can be made from block and graft copolymers, interpolymers snake-cage resins, similar techniques and materials. p]Even though the first commercial ion exchange membranes were heterogeneous, the interest in this type of membranes subsided later. As polymer science progressed, speciality monomers and polymers were being made which opened the way to the preparation of quite sophisticated homogeneous ion exchange membranes of satisfactory mechanical strength. However, the possibilities of heterogeneous ion exchange membranes are by no means exhausted and this field may warrant further exploration, applying modern methods and materials and thus progressing beyond the relatively crude heterogeneous ion exchange membranes of the pioneer times.     

Iridium(IV) extraction with petroleum sulfoxides from hydrochloric acid solutions

Iridium(IV) extraction with petroleum sulfoxides (PSO) from hydrochloric acid solutions is studied. Optimum conditions of extraction are chosen. It is shown that in the investigated extraction systems for a phase contact time of 30 min, iridium(IV) is extracted by the ion-associative mechanism. Electronic, ¹H NMR, and IR-spectroscopy, and elemental analysis are used to establish the structure of the extracted compound.     

Palladium(II) extraction from hydrochloric acid solutions with diacylated triethylenetetramine

Extraction of palladium(II) with diacylated triethylenetetramine hydrochloride (with chloroform as diluent) from hydrochloric acid solutions was studied. Palladium(II) extraction from 3 mol/L HCl solutions occurs via anion-exchange mechanism. Concentrational constants were calculated and thermodynamic parameters of extraction were estimated.     

Extraction of zirconium and hafnium from hydrochloric acid solutions with derivatives of diantipyrylmethane

Zirconium and hafnium are extracted quantitatively into chloroform, dichloroethane or nitrobenzene in the presence of hexyl-, nonyl- and o-nitrophenyl diantipyrylmethane from hydrochloric acid solutions ( 8 M) in the form of RMeCl₄ ,complexes. New methods of determining up to 1·10⁻⁴% zirconium in materials containing Mg, Be, Al, Y, Sc, La, Ce, Ti, Th, Cr, Ni, and other elements are suggested.     

Extraction of rhodium(III) with petroleum sulfoxides from hydrochloric acid solutions

Extraction of rhodium(III) from hydrochloric acid solutions with petroleum sulfoxides was studied. The optimal conditions of its recovery were found. The composition and structure of the compound being extracted was determined by electronic absorption, ¹H NMR, and IR spectroscopies and elemental analysis.     

Extraction of palladium(II) from hydrochloric acid solutions with triacylated ethyleneamines

Extraction of palladium(II) from hydrochloric acid solutions with novel efficient extractants, triacylated ethyleneamines, was studied. The most effective extraction of palladium(II) was observed from 0.5–1 M HCl solutions. Extraction of palladium(II) from 1 M HCl solutions was found to occur through mixed (coordination and anion-exchange) mechanism. In the field of dominance of the anion-exchange mechanism of the extraction of palladium(II) with triacylated pentaethylenehexamine the concentration constant of palladium(II) extraction was calculated, and thermodynamic parameters of extraction were evaluated.     

Determination of hydrochloric acid in organic solutions by gas chromatography

Summary A method is described for the determination of small quantities of hydrochloric acid in two chlorinated organic solvents (CHCl₃ and CCl₄). An excess of gaseous ethylene oxide is added to a liquid sample; the 2-chloroethanol formed is then analyzed by gas chromatography. The procedure is simpler and more sensitive in comparison with other conventional methods. It can be modified for other organic solvents.D.G.R.C.S.T. grant.     

Reaction of fluoronitroacetic acid with hydrochloric acid

Conclusions Fluoronitroacetic acid reacts with hydrochloric acid to form fluorochloronitrosome-thane which is capable of undergoing dimerization to give N,N'-azofluorochlormethane dioxide.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1420–1422, June, 1985.