Some lutes and cements used in the heavy chemical industry

✍ Scribed by Greenwoodl, H. D. ;Snelling, F. C.

• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 2010
• Weight: 358 KB
• Volume: 56
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0368-4075
• DOI: 10.1002/jctb.5000565203

✦ Synopsis

Loriis, boric ncid, ntid vnrioits misturcs of tliese. It. will be noted tlint these are nll water-solublc snltu.

Recent rcscnrcli work n t i'riticcs liisboroitgli lins shown thnt when wood is cnrbonieed in tlic prcseticc of ccrtciiii salts, tlic chnrconl yield is gently iiicrcasctl, iti sotlie CRSCS being double thnt froin unt,rcntcd wood, mid nll the chciiiicnls which givc t,liis i ticrcnscd yield of chnrconl arc well recognized for the property of rendering wood fire-rcsisting. It \vould i i p p r , ~licrcfore, thnt the iiiniii nctioii of n firc-rctiirding ngcnt is to pro(lucc, on ltenting the wootl, ii tlctise clinrconl wit11 ti tiiitiimum quniitity of thc ot.ltrr ttiiiiti product of ciirboiiiestiou, the ititiniiiin:il~lc griscs. l-iciicc txeatcd wood docs not fiaiiie, but merely cltiirs. I~urthcniiorc, it hiis hecti fo!iiid that tlic coinpoiitids Itiiviiig this propcrty arc thosc which tlissocintc on hcnting to prohce a free acid radicle, ntitl stnblc salts lire not. so cflcctive. Uoriis :it first :Ippcnrcd to be tlic otic exception, but it is possiblc tlint hentctl in the prescticc of iuethyl alcohol, borax also tlissociiites, giving the frcc acid, nnd this csplannt,iot~ \vould ))ring this sulJstnnce into line with the otlicrs.