INORGANICCHEMICALSINDUSTRY ›› 2013, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (5): 44-.

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New clean process for ammonium dichromate  production

 LIU  Chang-Jian   

  1. CNPC Key Lab. of Catalysis, China University of Petroleum(Beijing Campus),Beijing 102249,China
  • Published:2013-05-03

Abstract: A new clean process for production of ammonium dichromate was developed by recrystallizing the low-temperature thermal decomposition products of sodium chromate(Na2CrO4) and ammonium dichromate from a double salt crystal,  NaNH4CrO4·2H2O obtained from the carbonation process of Na2CrO4 in ammonia solution.The solubility and phase diagram of Na2CrO4-(NH4)2Cr2O7-H2O system were determined.According to the solubility data and phase diagram,the recrystallizing separation process of thermal decomposition products to prepare ammonium dichromate was analyzed.Results showed that the high purity ammonium dichromate could be obtained by dissolving and cooling crystallizing the thermal decomposition pro- ducts at 100 ℃ and 50 ℃,respectively,and the yield of ammonium dichromate was 76.8%.Through ammonia still process,the mother solution could be reused,and the ammonia could be recycled in the process.Therefore,the process was cleaner and more environmentally friendly.

Key words: ammonium dichromate, clean process, solubility, phase diagram analysis

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