Aluminum Chloride
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Stress-Strain Characteristics of Aluminum
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2023
Source: Roberto Leon, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA Aluminum is one of the most abundant materials in our lives, as it is omnipresent in everything from soda cans to airplane components. Its widespread use is relatively recent (1900AD), primarily because aluminum does not occur in its free state, but rather in combination with oxygen and other elements, often in the form of Al2O3. Aluminum was originally obtained from bauxite mineral deposits...
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Casting Protocols for the Production of Open Cell Aluminum Foams by the Replication Technique and the Effect on Porosity
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2014
Replication is one of the processing techniques used for the production of porous metal sponges. In this paper one implementation of the method for the production of open celled porous aluminum is shown in detail.
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Facile Preparation of Ultrafine Aluminum Hydroxide Particles with or without Mesoporous MCM-41 in Ambient Environments
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2017
An ultrafine aluminum hydroxide nanoparticle suspension was prepared via the controlled titration of [Al(H2O)]3+ with L-arginine to pH 4.6 with and without cage-effect confinement within mesoporous channels of MCM-41.
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Dynamic Electrochemical Measurement of Chloride Ions
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2016
Dynamic measurement of chloride ions is presented. Transition time of an Ag/AgCl electrode, during a chronopotentiometric technique, can give the concentration of chloride ions in electrolyte. This method does not require a stable conventional reference electrode.
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Experimental Procedure for Warm Spinning of Cast Aluminum Components
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2017
An experimental protocol for instrumented warm rotary forming of cast aluminum alloys employing a bespoke industrially scaled apparatus is presented. Experimental considerations including thermal and mechanical effects are discussed, as well as similitude with full-scale processing of automotive wheels.
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Its aluminum center accepts an electron pair from a carbonyl compound, making the carbonyl-containing reagent more reactive. This Lewis acid interaction helps promote the bond-forming steps used in Friedel–Crafts acylation and related transformations. In practice, the activation enables carbon-carbon bond formation that would be less readily achieved without a suitable electron-pair acceptor.
Two aluminum chloride units can associate through bridging chloride atoms, producing the dimeric species Al2Cl6. The bridges connect the units while preserving the electron-accepting character of aluminum. Recognizing this molecular form is important when describing how anhydrous material exists and reacts, particularly in chemical discussions of Lewis acidity and reagent behavior.
Water causes aluminum chloride to undergo hydrolysis, a reaction that releases hydrogen chloride. Moisture therefore changes the compound chemically rather than merely contaminating it. Controlled handling helps preserve the intended reagent form and limits exposure to the acidic product generated during contact with water, which is especially important when using the anhydrous material in synthesis.
The anhydrous form is emphasized for Lewis acid behavior and reagent use in organic synthesis, whereas hydrated forms are associated with industrial applications such as water treatment and antiperspirant formulations. This distinction links chemical form to function: one supports electron-pair-accepting reactions, while the other is used in processes that depend on hydrated material.
In these reactions, its Lewis acid behavior helps activate the reacting species so that carbon-carbon bond formation can occur. Friedel–Crafts alkylation and acylation are therefore important examples of how an electron-pair-accepting reagent can guide organic synthesis. The compound serves as a catalytic reagent in transformations that introduce carbon-containing groups into organic molecules.
Hydrated forms are used in water treatment and in antiperspirant formulations, extending the compound’s relevance beyond laboratory reaction chemistry. These applications differ from Friedel–Crafts synthesis because they do not center on activating carbonyl compounds for carbon-carbon bond formation. Selecting the appropriate form is consequently important when matching aluminum chloride to an industrial purpose.