Fei Yuan,Hua Li,Long Li,Yafei Guo,Shiqiang Wang,Tianlong Deng
Considering the significance of fundamental phase equilibrium data in resource exploitation from salt lake brines, the solid–liquid phase equilibria of the ternary system (KBO2 + K2SO4 + H2O) at 288.15, 308.15 K, and 0.1 MPa were investigated using the isothermal dissolution method. Along this line, the solubilities and physicochemical properties of densities were experimentally determined. Based on the experimental data, phase diagrams and the related physicochemical property diagrams against composition were plotted. It was found that there are one invariant point, two univariate solubility curves, and two crystalline regions corresponding to potassium metaborate hydrate (KBO2·1.33H2O) and arcanite (K2SO4) in the ternary phase diagrams at 288.15 and 308.15 K. In addition, they belong to the hydrate type I and neither double salt nor solid solution was formed. The distributive behaviors of density against the concentration of KBO2 in the equilibrium solution at two temperatures were similar. Moreover, the theoretical values of density were calculated, which were found to be consistent with the experimental values, further demonstrating the accuracy and reliability of this work.
The removal of acetylene from ethylene is of vital significance in the petroleum and chemical industry, the presence of trace acetylene impurities in ethylene polymerization process could lead to the interruption of ethylene polymerization. Herein, we construct a new anionic porous organic polymer using potassium tetraphenylborate via Friedel–Crafts alkylation reaction under mild conditions. The resulting material, APOP, possesses good thermal stability and a decent BET surface area, as exemplified by thermogravimetric analysis measurement and nitrogen gas sorption experiment. Acetylene and ethylene adsorption isotherms reveal that APOP has a higher adsorption capacity of acetylene than that of ethylene under same conditions. Ideal adsorbed solution theory calculations and breakthrough experiments both demonstrate that APOP is capable of selective adsorption of acetylene over ethylene. To the best of our knowledge, APOP represents the first anionic porous organic polymer material capable of selective adsorption of acetylene over ethylene, and the exploration of APOP may provide a new way for these key gas separations using ionic porous organic polymer materials.