Acetone reacts with Carbon steel????
Acetone reacts with Carbon steel????
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Do Acetone reacts with carbon steel to for mesityloxide? When we switch our storage tanks after few days, mesityloxide content will be high and gradually reduces when diluted with recovered acetone from columns.
Have you guys experienced this poblem before? If yes is there nay kind of inert coating you applied for carbon steel tanks?
Koshy
Have you guys experienced this poblem before? If yes is there nay kind of inert coating you applied for carbon steel tanks?
Koshy





RE: Acetone reacts with Carbon steel????
RE: Acetone reacts with Carbon steel????
We maintain a pH aroung 6.5-7.5 using ion exchange resin and the tank is blanketed with N2 and water content in aceotne is 2500 ppm. Our distillation column also runs in vacuum so I dun see any reason for presence of dissolved oxygen. Could it be due to water in acetone?
Appreciate your comments
RE: Acetone reacts with Carbon steel????
RE: Acetone reacts with Carbon steel????
RE: Acetone reacts with Carbon steel????
During normal operations, MO is less because it is well dispersed in the acetone. Since MO gravity is higher than acetone, during shutdowns, it will settle in the bottom and when we collect sample from the pump outlet, it gives high reading. This level increases our reaction time. After couple of batches, MO comes back to normal.( due to dilution)
RE: Acetone reacts with Carbon steel????
To dcasto, please give some information or a link on Fe3O8. The common black oxide is Fe3O4.