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Instrumental methods of analysis of sulfur compounds in synfuel process streams. Quarterly technical progress report, January-March 1983. [Thermometric titration of polysulfides with p-hydroxymercuribenzoate; polarography of tetrathionate and pentathionate]

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6255272

Task 1. Methods development for the speciation of the polysulfides. The chemistry of polysulfides is reviewed in the context of coal-liquefaction condensates. Rearrangements of polysulfides (condensation to longer chain lengths, cleavage and disproportionation) are accounted for by the bifunctional nature of polysulfides as Lewis acids and bases. Classical analytical methods are also reviewed. Task 2. Methods development for the speciation of dithionite and polythionates. A polarographic procedure has been developed for the determination of tetrathionate and pentathionate in the presence of each other. The method is based on measuring diffusion currents (at the dropping mercury electrode) at two discrete potentials. Task 3. Total accounting of the sulfur balance in representative samples of synfuel process streams. Preliminary data are reported on the analysis of two new samples, viz., a gasifier condensate (G-1) and a three year old SRC-II aqueous effluent (L-1). No sulfide or polysulfides were found in either sample. Thiosulfate was detected in L-1. 9 figures, 5 tables.

Research Organization:
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park (USA). Dept. of Chemistry
DOE Contract Number:
FG22-81PC40783
OSTI ID:
6255272
Report Number(s):
DOE/PC/40783-T10; ON: DE83012190
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English