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oiler water chemistry conlrol, and coined me term "invariant point"' phosphate<br />

treatment.<br />

1.6 The Sodium.lron.Phosphate-Water System<br />

Power plant boilers would be able to operale using congruent phosphate treatment<br />

(NaIP0 4 ::5 2.8) without experiencing caustic conditions in their systems if hideout only<br />

involved sodium-phosphate precipitates. However phosphate has been shown to react<br />

readily with metal oxides (Economy et al., 1975; Balakrishnan, 1977; Broadbent et aI.,<br />

1978: Connor and Panson, 1983) and NaIP04 mole ratios can rise to above 3.0.<br />

Therefore a more complex process for phosphate hideout occurs, that includes transition<br />

metal reactions.<br />

The transition metal phosphate compound ludlamile. feIlHP04• was identified in<br />

boilers as early as 1939 by Partridge and Hall (1939). Kirsh (1964) observed such<br />

compounds as wolfite and triploideile. bolh wilh me formula Fe Il 2PO..(OH). Around lhis<br />

time. researchers were observing other hideout products that CQntained sodium within the:<br />

compound as well. The: product NaJFe I1 (OH}{HPO..h was identified by Broadbent c:t a1.<br />

(1978) whereas a related compound NaFe ffi iPO..h(OH)...2H20 was identified by Harada<br />

et al. (1978). One major sodium-iron-phosphate precipitate identified by various<br />

researchers (Pollard and Edwards. 1963; Marcy and Halstead, 1964; Broadbent et al .•<br />

1978; Jonas and LaytOll. 1988) Wall maricitc:, NaFe"P04 • This iron(II) hideout product<br />

was detennined to playa major role in phosphate hideout and more recently in the<br />

corrosion behaviour observed in boiler systems (Dooley and Paterson. 1994: Dooley et<br />

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