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INTER-O FFICE ORflESPONDENCE Et h y l Ga s o l i n e Co r po r a t i o n Re s e a e c h La b o r a t o r ie s 7 2 3 Ea s t Mi l w a u k e e Av e n u e De t r o it ,Mic h ig a n September 12, 1938, Dr, fill la rd F , Machie College o f M edicine U niversity o f C incinnati C in c in n a ti, Ohio Dear B ill : I am sending you h e re w ith a copy o f our r e p o r t LTD $ 3 8-46 c o v erin g th e steam d i s t i l l a t i o n o f some o f y o u r s lu d g e s , I w i l l be i n t e r e s t e d to b e a r from you how o u r r e s u l t s compare w ith y o u rs on th e s e same sam p les, Ue a re c o n tin u in g o ur s y s te m a tic s tu d ie s on th e s t a b i l i t y o f le a d compounds, c o n c e n tra tin g a t p r e s e n t on PbEtgOH and PbEtgCOH^ I am lo o k in g forw ard to y o u r prom ised v i s i t t o d is c u s s some o f th e s e m a t t e r s . GC: AMC LEAD ODaibST OF SLUDGE'S AAD WATER BOTSDI-flS FItOM BLEEDIDG AI'-ID STORAGE TAPES USED FOR ETHYL GASOLINE LTD # 3 8-48 277.JP .1,2,4,5*6,7, 8 ,9 and 10* F . J . B ykstra S ept. 7, 1938. URTOSI To d eterm in e th e l e a d c o n te n t o f s lu d g e s and w a te r b o tto m sample a from blending and sto ra g e tanka used f o r Ethyl G aso lin e. P a r tic u la r em phasis was p la c e d upon th e v o l a t i l e l e a d , i . e . , th e PbE t^ a lr e a d y p r e s e n t o r formed by steam ing of th e sludge. CONCLUSIONS - The t a n w a te r b o tto m sam ples from b o th b le n d in g and s to r a g e ta n k s 'ware w ith two e x c e p tio n s , f r e e o f s o lu b le le a d compounds. The two samples w ith le a d each had o n ly 7 a g , pb p e r 100 c c . o f s o lu tio n . 2 . The e ig h t slu d g es f r a a b o th b le n d in g and s to ra g e ta n k s had w ith two e x c e p tio n s o n ly sm all amounts (l;/3#) o f load i n them, and o n ly a sm all p a r t o f t h a t co u ld be removed by ste a m in g . 3 . Sludges w ith high le a d co n ten t, but w ith o r w ithout v o la tile le a d a r e p o s s i b l e . One slu d g e c o n ta in e d on w a t e r - f r e e b a s i s , a p p ro x im a te ly Z O /j lo a d , o f w hich a b o u t 4jS co u ld b e removed by n in e h o u rs o f steam in g * A n o th er slu d g e c o n ta in e d 67; lo a d , o f w hich o n ly a t r a c e was v o l a t i l e l o a d . LETJiOi) The w ater bottom sam ples were sim ply f i l t e r e d and analysed fo r le a d . The slu d g es u s u a lly c o n tain in g g a so lin e , w a te r, r u s t and s o lid m a tte r were placed in a d i s t i l l i n g fla s k and enough w ater added to bring the liq u id volume to approxim ately 300 c o . The l i g h t e r g a s o lin e f r a c t i o n s w ore f i r s t ta k e n o f f from th e s id e tu b e o f th e d i s t i l l i n g f l a s k and condensed i n i c e . The s id e tu b e was th e n d o s e d and a l l o f th e vapors re flu x e d u sin g a w a ter condenser to re tu rn th e condensate to an ic e - c o o le d t r a p w h ieh s e p a ra te d th e ..ter from th e o i l l a y e r , and re tu rn e d th e w a te r o n ly to the b o ile r fla s k * The p o rtio n o f th e tr a p v iiere th e o i l la y e r c o lle c te d was g rad u ated , en ab lin g readings to be ta k e n . I f more th a n one f r a c t i o n o f o i l was d o s iro d , th e r e f lu x in g was sto p p ed lo n g enough to p ip e tte out the o il la y er alread y formed. A f te r e q u ilib riu m was e s t a b l i s h e d , th e sy stem w ith a GOg c o o le d condenser and a gaa b u re tte in th e lin e was c lo se d . Atmospheric p ressu re in th e system was m a in ta in e d and t h e g a s , n o n -co n d en sab le i n CO2 io e was measured in th e b u re tte . The re flu x in g was continued u n t i l no more o i l o r ?bB t^ la y e r was form ed. T his t i n e v a r ie d from t h r e e t o n in e h o u rs , b u t ivas u s u a lly ab o u t six hours. \ The prod u cts th e n su b m itted f o r lo a d a n a ly s is w ere th e follow ings 1 st - Pater-w hite gasoline fra c tio n , fad - Yellow o i l la y e r . 3rd - f il te r e d " a to r s o lu tio n from th e b o ile r ila s k . 4th. - he s o lid r e s id u e , d r ie d o v e r a c tiv a te d aluzainum u n t i l m oderately dry. DESCRIPTIOH o? SAMPLS USED 277-X P-l - Cample 37A-265S. Bottom slu d g e from Esso /borage Tank, -$9 S ta n d a rd O il ox' H . J . , Rookaway, li . J . Sulk P la n t. S torage o n ly , n e v e r p re v io u s ly d e em e d . March 11, 1337* 277-XP-2 - Sample 37A - 3064. Bottom slu d g e from th e Texas G o., Clayxaont, D e l. Tank -<1362 (Blending Tank). 277-XP-4 - Sample 37A - 1 7 1 3 . Bottom sludge from stan d a rd O il o f E .J ., Aockaway, H .J . Bulk P la n t. Tank #4 S ssolene (sto ra g e o n ly ). 277-XP-5 - Sample 37A - 3 678 . Dry slu d g e from A tla n tic R efin in g C o ,, F r a n k lin , ?& ., Tank # 3 4 0 . 277-XP-S - Sample 37A - 3 001 . Bottom sludge from R ic h fie ld O il Corp. o f H.Y., Bayonne, B .J . t o r a i n a l . Blending Tank # 2 . 277-XP-7 - Sample 37A - 3681. Bottom slu d g e Texas C o., M obile, A la . Tank #7038. 277-XP-8 - Sample 37A - 3100. Texas C o., p o rt A rth u r, Texas R efin ery . Sank #1086. 277-XF-9 - .ample 37A - 3014. S ide W all 3 c alo from S ta n d a rd O i l , Raw J e r s e y , P a te r s o n , H .J . Bulk P la n t. Used fo r sto ra g e o n ly . Tank # 1 . 277-XP-1G - W ater bottom sam ples: ,1 - B radford O il R efin in g C o., B ra d fo rd , ? a . Sank # 7 7 , Hov. 12, 1 9 3 6 . #2 - S i n c l a i r R e fin in g C o ., H ouston, T exas, Tank (4 2 4 , Bov. 25, 1 9 3 6 . ,?'S - S ta n d a rd O il Co. o f H .J ., C anton e f ,, B a ltim o re , Md. Tank # 2 2 5 . Coven b le n d s s in c e ta n k c le a n e d . 5,248 l b s . T .B .L . "0;'* Blend, O ct. 26, 1936. (4 - C i t i e s S e rv ic e R e f . C o., B a s t B r a i n t r e e , Mass. Tank . 23, Bov. 1 2 , 1936 #5 - Humble O il & lte$f. C o ., Baytown, T ex . B le n d in g Tank # 7 1 6 , lio v . 2 5 , 1 9 3 6 . #6 - Cocony-Vacuua O il C o., P o rtla n d , Maine, Tank # 3 2 , liov. 20, 1956. ,7 - The Texas C o., T erm inal B a ltim o re , Md. Tank # 7 0 9 4 . Seven "{n B lo n d s, 4,443 lb s . T .B .L ., O ct. 28, 1936. 8 - Coirein a n t a l O il C o,, K e f, B a ltim o re , Cd., Tank 1 5 4 , 58 B le n d s, 100,650 lo a . X .3.L. O ct. 28, 1936. 9 - k id -C o atin o n t P a t. C orp., W est T ulsa, O kla. Tank 813, hbv. 17, 1936. jlQ ~ C olonial Beacon O il C o., g v e re tt, M ass. Tank ,118, liov. 18, 1336. I stii O<** x<f>tim. M a r n o o SAUK SL1XH E xperim ent 277-XP- 1 2 4 o 8 17 N:J 9 Sludge (Dry b a s is ) Appr. Or. 45 15 20 01 3 12 12 36 G asoline Gas ,'a l. Fb :Evolved fiontont c c . CO. r'0 9 0 .7 5 6 7 7 0.066 10 5 0.004 49 n i l U 4 0.002 10 08 0 .4 8 10 32 t r a c e 13 n i l O il w ater V o i. Fb ' Pb C o n ten t v: C ontent CO. . r,r. t. . e r. 0, 5 1 1.3 drop r\ ^ 1.2 2.2 drop 0,933 S f 0.253 0.092 ' 0.061 0.002 0.027 0.0003 n i l ", ' 0 .0 2 3 0.08 ; .0 .0 1 2 trace 0.044 yj. 0.019 . 277-XP-10 A n a ly sis o f V iater dottora Samples (lo o CCS.) l'esids Pb C o n ten t -- / 3- ....... 18.5 . 0.3 3.1 3 .1 2.8 0 67.3 3.2 yl 2 r O A r V 6 ( h O 9 10 Blank Fb il SI u it r it it ii J ;t ?! . / ), < - n ' t <' ,, ' *", . f` : - - /` V : . 0.0067 g . pb/loo cc t ^ Blank Fb z 0.0075 s . fb /l.'O C O . . - , ; ,; < A' ' . ' - .. ' vSSCUSSIOH o r RESULTS Gas e v o lu tio n , w hich u s u a ll y accom panies th e steam in g o f th e p u re lo a d a lk y l h a lid e s was n o t an i n f a l l i b l e in d ic a tio n o f th e se compounds. Experim ent 277-XP-5 w ith no v o la tilo le a d and h a rd ly any w a te r solubles le a d gave a la rg e amount o f gas* At le a s t v o la tile le ad and w ater so lu b le 2sad compounds were n o t formed by th e changes which produced th s gas e v o lu tio n . The 67fi Pb re s id u e o f 277-XP-8 was b la c k , s u g g e s tin g s t r o n g l y p r e c i p i t a t e d PbS. Alien some o f t h i s re s id u e was dropped i n d i l u t e li^SO^, HgS g as was e v o lv e d , a to s t d u p lic a ted on pure FbS. fiis ty p e o f sludge o r w ater bottom sample produced is lik e ly dopondont upon the cleaning h is to ry of the ta n k . For in s ta n c e , the sto rag e tank m i oh had th e v o l a t i l e lo a d producing slu d g e o f 277**X T-1'had n e v e r boon c le a n e d , and one ; f th e . w a te r b o tto m sam p les, 277-XP-10 8 w ith s o lu b le lo a d h ad come from a ta n k i n which 58 b lo n d s u sin g 100,650 l b s . o f T.A .L . had boon m ade. The tan k reco rd s o f th e -water hot to n and sludges te s t e d a re v e ry in c o m p le te, b u t d e sig n a te d b le n d in g ta n k s d id n o t pro due o slu d g es w ith h ig h lo ad content o r 'rator bottom s -with more th a n a sm all amount o f s o lu b le load in them . The s to r a g e ta n k a p p e a rs t o be a m ost l i k e l y so u rc e o f dangerous lead containing sludges. 1C K 0022272