Inorganic Chemicals Industry ›› 2023, Vol. 55 ›› Issue (10): 136-144.doi: 10.19964/j.issn.1006-4990.2022-0752

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Optimization of preparation of ultrafine chromium oxide by carbothermal reduction of sodium dichromate by response surface methodology

ZHANG Zhiqiang1(), CUI Kangping1(), CHEN Xing1, LI Haiyang1,2   

  1. 1.School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
    2.Zhongxin Lianke Environmental Technology(Anhui) Co. , Ltd. , Hefei 230009, China
  • Received:2022-12-22 Online:2023-10-10 Published:2023-10-16
  • Contact: CUI Kangping E-mail:zhangzhiqiang500@163.com;cuikangping@hfut.edu.cn

Abstract:

The high purity ultrafine chromium oxide was prepared by carbothermal reduction method optimized by response surface method using sodium dichromate separated and extracted from chromium-containing electroplating sludge as precursor.It effectively avoided the disadvantages of environmental pollution caused by a large amount of chromium-containing waste produced in the production process of traditional processes,and achieved the goal of comprehensive utilization of chromium resources and zero pollution emission.The effects of n(C)/n(Na2Cr2O7),reaction time and reaction temperature on RECr(Ⅵ) were investigated.On this basis,the response surface method was used to optimize the selection,and the reactants and reduction products were characterized by thermogravimetric analyzer and X-ray diffractometer.The mechanism of carbothermal reduction was discussed.The results showed that the optimum reduction conditions were n(C)/n(Na2Cr2O7)=4,reaction time of 2 h,reaction temperature of 550 ℃,and the RECr(Ⅵ) reached 99.947%.The significant order from big to small of the influence of various factors on RECr(Ⅵ) was:n(C)/n(Na2Cr2O7),reaction temperature,reaction time.The mechanism of carbothermal reduction was that Na2Cr2O7 was first reduced to Cr2O3 and Na2CO3 by carbon black during the reduction process,then molten Na2Cr2O7 neutralized Na2CO3 to form Na2CrO4,and finally Na2CrO4 was further reduced to Cr2O3 by carbon black.At the same time,the reaction temperature should not be too high,too high reaction temperature would promote the transformation of Cr2O3 to NaCrO2.The purity of the prepared Cr2O3 product was more than 99%,and the average particle size was 214.246 nm,which met the first-class quality index of industrial chromium trioxide and met the high-value utilization requirements of materials such as plasma spraying and chrome green pigments.

Key words: carbothermal reaction, chromium oxide, sodium dichromate, response surface methodology

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