INTERACTION OF TRICHLOROMETHANE AND TETRACHLOROMETHANE
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compound does not react with an aqueous solution of
potassium iodide at room temperature. At low tem-
necessary to perform experimental studies for both the
processes. It follows from the technological parameters
of the absorption purification of nitrogen trifluoride
and from its physicochemical properties that the
peratures, only a single fluorine atom is reactive in the
·
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nitrogen trifluoride molecule, and NF radical is trans-
formed into tetrafluorohydrazine upon dimerization.
temperature and pressure at which NF
methanes can interact will not exceed 200°C and
MPa. To these values was limited the range of our
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and chloro-
Depending on the number of fluorine atoms
abstracted from the nitrogen trifluoride molecule (one,
two, or three), the possible reaction products are,
respectively, tetrafluorohydrazine N F , difluorodi-
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experimental study.
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Interaction of trichloromethane and nitrogen
trifluoride in the liquid phase. The interaction of
nitrogen trifluoride and trichloromethane was studied
on an experimental installation by the method
described in [1] in the isobaric-isothermal mode. The
reaction duration was up to 96 h. Several samples were
taken from the gas and liquid phases. After the liquid
phase was sampled, gas was desorbed from the
absorbent and the gas and absorbent were analyzed.
azines N F , and nitrogen. Because difluorodiazines
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2
decompose at above 70°C into nitrogen and fluorine,
the remaining reaction products are tetrafluorohyd-
razine and nitrogen [2]. The most important reaction
with nitrogen trifluoride is its conversion into tetra-
fluorohydrazine:
NF
3
+ M → N
2
F
4
+ MF
n
.
(2)
A number of substances: carbon, mercury, copper,
iron, nitrogen oxide, and sodium chloride have been
suggested as fluorine acceptors M [9, 10].
A gas-chromatographic analysis procedure that can
most fully determine the content of chlorofluoro-
methanes was reported in [1]. The retention time of
trichloromethane was not specified, but we found by
making test analyses that this component can be
detected by this method and determined the relative
retention time.
Thus, we can conclude that the main process in
fluorination of chloromethanes is the successive
substitution of chlorine atoms with fluorines. A
hydrogen atom is commonly the last to be substituted
or is substituted under very severe conditions, at
temperatures higher than 500°C or with a strong
fluorinating agent (fluorine, chlorine trifluoride). In the
process, dimerization of radicals is possible.
Table 1 lists relative retention times of the com-
ponents and their minimum determinable concentra-
tions in conformity with GOST (State Standard)
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9212–87 [11] and those experimentally measured
In fluorination at temperatures below 300°C,
nitrogen trifluoride commonly donates a fluorine atom,
with tetrafluorohydrazine formed. Thus, the main pro-
ducts formed in fluorination of trichloromethane and
tetrachloromethane with nitrogen trifluoride will
probably be tetrafluorohydrazine, chlorine, and di-
with a Kristall-2000M chromatograph.
The liquid phase was analyzed in accordance with
GOST 20015–88 [12], the presence of tetrafluoro-
hydrazine in a sample was determined and its con-
centration was measured by the method described in
[13].
chlorofluoromethane CHCl F for the first of the ab-
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sorbents, and trichlorofluoromethane CCl F for the
In conformity with GOST 20015–88 [12],
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second. In addition, also possible is formation of
smaller amounts of chlorodifluoromethane CHClF2,
difluorodichloromethane CCl F , and other chloro-
fluoromethanes. Deeper fluorination to give tetra-
fluoromethane, nitrogen, and chlorine is only possible
at higher temperatures.
trichloromethane is delivered to consumers with addi-
tion of a stabilizer whose role was played by ethanol in
an amount of up to 1 wt %. Trichloromethane manu-
factured by Khimprom Volgograd Open Joint-Stock
Company, with addition of 0.5 wt % ethanol, was used
in our experiments.
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In the technological process for purification of
nitrogen trifluoride to remove tetrafluoromethane, an
The experiments were performed at temperatures of
20 to 150°C and pressures of 5.5–6.5 MPa. No special
treatment of the inner surface of the reaction vessel
was carried out. No impurities were detected at the
analysis procedure sensitivity in gas samples taken at
temperatures of up to 110°C taken both directly from
the reactor and from the liquid upon desorption of the
absorbent and NF will come in contact both in the
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liquid phase, when the gas being purified is dissolved
in a fluid, and in the gas phase, in which there is
absorbent vapor. The rates of the gas- and liquid-phase
processes may substantially differ. Therefore, it is
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