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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]
Chemical formula Synonyms CAS number C 10 H 16 N 2 O 8: Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA): 6381–92–6 C 12 H 22 O 11: sucrose: 57–50–1 C 18 H 29 O 3 S: sodium dodecyl benzenesulfonate: 2155–30–0
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]
The chromate and dichromate ions are fairly strong oxidizing agents. Commonly three electrons are added to a chromium atom, reducing it to oxidation state +3. In acid solution the aquated Cr 3+ ion is produced. Cr 2 O 2− 7 + 14 H + + 6 e − → 2 Cr 3+ + 7 H 2 O ε 0 = 1.33 V
Sodium nitroprusside – Na 2 [Fe(CN) 5 NO]·2H 2 O; Sodium oxide – Na 2 O; Sodium perborate – NaBO 3 ·H 2 O; Sodium perbromate – NaBrO 4; Sodium percarbonate – 2Na 2 CO 3 ·3H 2 O 2; Sodium perchlorate – NaClO 4; Sodium periodate – NaIO 4; Sodium permanganate – NaMnO 4; Sodium peroxide – Na 2 O 2; Sodium peroxycarbonate – Na ...
It is however produced on a large scale industrially. Virtually all chromium ore is processed via the formation of hexavalent chromium, specifically the salt sodium dichromate. [2] Sodium chromate is converted into other hexavalent chromium compounds such as chromium trioxide and various salts of chromate and dichromate.
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.
The chromate is converted by sulfuric acid into the dichromate. [65] 4 FeCr 2 O 4 + 8 Na 2 CO 3 + 7 O 2 → 8 Na 2 CrO 4 + 2 Fe 2 O 3 + 8 CO 2 2 Na 2 CrO 4 + H 2 SO 4 → Na 2 Cr 2 O 7 + Na 2 SO 4 + H 2 O. The dichromate is converted to the chromium(III) oxide by reduction with carbon and then reduced in an aluminothermic reaction to chromium ...