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New trailer delivers 2% tons of liquid fluorine Corrosive chemical travels safely, stays pure, in Monel Commercially pure liquid fluorine in bulk is now being shipped thousands of miles. It goes in 2Vâ-ton capacity truck-trailers like those shown above. The trailers are equipped to cool the fluorine below its boiling point with liquid nitrogen. Units are said to be so efficient t h a t fluorine will remain liquid several weeks even in searing desert weather. Bulk fluorine shipment and the equipment to accomplish it are developments of General Chemical Division, Allied Chemical Corporation. Inertness of Monel to fluorine safeguards shipments and quality
The inner "business" tank in the trailer is Monel* nickel-copper alloy. The enclosing nitrogen tank is Nickel-containing stainless steel. Both Monel alloy and the Nickel-containing stainless steel retain excellent ductility and strength well below the sub-zero temperatures of liquid nitrogen.
They're well able to withstand unexpected pressures and the shocks of travel. In tanks made of these alloys the fluorine proceeds tranquilly to its destination. There it can be stored in the same tanks until used. Monel alloy is also highly resistant to corrosion and t o ignition in fluorine a t high temperatures since i t forms a protective adherent fluoride film. Shipment remains free of contaminating corrosion products. Protect your fluorine processing and handling equipment with Inco Nickel Alloys. A new Inco fluorine booklet, "Handling Fluorine and Fluorine Compounds," goes into detail on fluorine corrosion, suggests means of overcoming it. If you like, we'll S e n d yOU a COpy.
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VOL. 51, N O . 9 ·
SEPTEMBER 1959
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