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I hope that one of you look up the properties of trifluoroacetic acid in the Merck Index. I do not think any of you would like this chemical in your drains!
Frank
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> On 5 Oct, 2016, at 3:37 pm, davivid ---
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> The pKa of trifluoroacetic acid is about -0.3. Acetic acid has a pKa of 4.7. So HOAc is much less acidic that TFA.
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> A nice thing about esters is they moderate the pH of both acids and bases and can be readily added to aqueous organic streams without falling into the category of "treatment".
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> Dave
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>> On 4/10/16 2:05 PM, Sandra K Koster wrote:
>> Ethyl acetate would reduce the acidity of the solution by diluting the trifluoroacetic acid but upon hydrolysis the ethyl acetate should give acetic acid and ethanol. The acetic acid is an acid as its name implies so it should not reduce acidity. Is there something I am missing?
>>
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>> Sandra Koster
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>> University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
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>> Sent: Tuesday, October 4, 2016 2:54:12 PM
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>> Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] HPLC solvent disposal
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>> The mixture is likely corrosive as well as flammable. Adding ethyl
>> acetate to an aqueous flammable/corrosive mixture will bring the pH into
>> the non-corrosive range given time for hydrolysis to occur.
>>
>> Dave
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>>> On 4/10/16 11:40 AM, Jerome J King wrote:
>>> Laurie:
>>>
>>> Like John indicated, I also work in a production laboratory and we drum all our HPLC waste for removal by a licensed waste hauler.
>>>
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