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Sodium dichromate is the inorganic compound with the formula Na 2 Cr 2 O 7.However, the salt is usually handled as its dihydrate Na 2 Cr 2 O 7 ·2H 2 O.Virtually all chromium ore is processed via conversion to sodium dichromate and virtually all compounds and materials based on chromium are prepared from this salt. [1]
The dichromate ion is a somewhat weaker base than the chromate ion: [5] HCr 2 O − 7 ⇌ Cr 2 O 2− 7 + H + , p K a = 1.18 The p K a value for this reaction shows that it can be ignored at pH > 4.
Water-reactive substances [1] are those that spontaneously undergo a chemical reaction with water, often noted as generating flammable gas. [2] Some are highly reducing in nature. [ 3 ] Notable examples include alkali metals , lithium through caesium , and alkaline earth metals , magnesium through barium .
Chromium trioxide is generated by treating sodium dichromate with sulfuric acid: [6] H 2 SO 4 + Na 2 Cr 2 O 7 → 2 CrO 3 + Na 2 SO 4 + H 2 O. Approximately 100,000 tonnes are produced annually by this or similar routes. [7] The solid consists of chains of tetrahedrally coordinated chromium atoms that share vertices.
For lab and small scale preparations a mixture of chromite ore, sodium hydroxide and sodium nitrate reacting at lower temperatures may be used (even 350 C in the corresponding potassium chromate system). [2] Subsequent to its formation, the chromate salt is converted to sodium dichromate, the precursor to most chromium compounds and materials. [3]
Potassium dichromate is usually prepared by the reaction of potassium chloride on sodium dichromate. Alternatively, it can be also obtained from potassium chromate by roasting chromite ore with potassium hydroxide. It is soluble in water and in the dissolution process it ionizes:
Alcohol oxidation is a collection of oxidation reactions in organic chemistry that convert alcohols to aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, and esters. The reaction mainly applies to primary and secondary alcohols. Secondary alcohols form ketones, while primary alcohols form aldehydes or carboxylic acids. [1] A variety of oxidants can be used.
Structure of CrO(O 2) 2 (pyridine).Hydrogen atoms bonded to carbon atoms are omitted. Color code: Cr = gray, C= black, H = white, O= red, N = blue. Chromium(VI) oxide peroxide is formed by the addition of acidified hydrogen peroxide solutions to solutions of metal chromates or dichromates, such as sodium chromate or potassium dichromate.