Table 14 (Continued)
Chemical Shipping Data and Characteristics
Chemical
Shipping Data
Characteristics
Weight
lb/cu ft
Solubility
Appearance
Grades or
Containers
Common Name/
in Water
(Bulk
Commercial
and
and
Available
Formula
gm/100 mL1
Properties
Density)
Strength
Requirements
Forms
Use
----
Colloidal
----
Drums, bulk
Viscose liquid
Liquid:
POLYMERS, LIQUID AND
solution
20 to 5,000
cp at 70F
High M.W. synthetic
polymers
200 to 700
Separan NP10 potable
cp at 70F
grade, Magnifloc 990;
Purifloc N17 Ave.
Dosage: 0.1 to 1 ppm
2.8
at
0C
86 to 102
Tech. is 97%
Crystal
U.S.P.
Purple crystals
POTASSIUM
3.3
at
10C
minimum
sp.g.: 2.7
PERMANGANATE: KMnO4
25-,110-,125-lb
5.0
at
20C
Reagent is
Decomposes 240C
Cairox
steel keg
7.5
at
30C
99% minimum
Can cake up at
Taste odor control
Technical
high relative
0.5 to 4.0 ppm
25-,110-,600-lb
humidity
Removes Fe and Mn at
steel drum
Strong oxidant
a 1-to-1 ratio
Toxic
Keep from
organics
Yellow label
SODIUM ALUMINATE:
Hydrated
Ground
Ground bags:
High purity
High purity
High Purity
Na2Al2O4, anhy.
Al2O3 45%
80 at 75F
(pulv.)
50-, 100-lb
white
50
(soda alum)
Na2Al2O4 72%
Std.
Crystals
drums
Standard gray
Std. 60
Ratio Na2O/Al2O3
Standard
6 to 8%
Liquid,
Liquid drums
Hygroscopic
Al2O3 55%
insolubles
1/1 or 1.15/1 (high
27Be
Aq. soln. is
purity)
Na2Al2O4 88 to
Anhy.
Hydrated
alkaline
Also Na2A12O43H2O
90%
3/gal at 60F
Anhydrous
Exothermic heat
hydrated form
of solution
Coagulation
Boiler H2O treatment