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Dissolution of Cr2O3(s) and the behavior of chromium in concentrated NaOH solutions
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Dissolution of Cr2O3(s) and the behavior of chromium in concentrated NaOH solutions

B. Zydorczak, P.M. May, D.P. Meyrick, D. Bátka and G. Hefter
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol.51(51), pp.16537-16543
2012
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/ie302096e
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Abstract

The solubility of Cr2O3(s) in (1 and 6) mol kg -1 sodium hydroxide solutions has been investigated at 25°C. Even after 75 days of solid/solution contact the apparent solubility continued to increase slowly. Analysis of the solution phase by UV-vis spectrophotometry revealed that all of the dissolved chromium was present as Cr(VI), in the form of CrO4 2-(aq); no Cr(III) could be detected. Consistent with this finding, Cr(III) dissolved in 6 mol kg-1 NaOH was found to be oxidized to CrO4 2-(aq) over of period of days. No significant changes to the solid phase, Cr2O3(cr), were found, either by X-ray diffraction or by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, as a result of its contact with NaOH(aq). Both CrO4 2- and Cr(III) were found to be unreactive toward a range of organic and inorganic compounds in 6 mol kg-1 NaOH over many days at ambient temperatures. However, CrO4 2- catalyzed the decomposition of L-ascorbate, and was rapidly reduced by elemental Zn to Cr(III) in NaOH(aq).

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3 Agriculture, Environment & Ecology
3.91 Contamination & Phytoremediation
3.91.1514 Hexavalent Chromium
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