Abstract

To establish a cleaner production technology of chromium salt, the pressurized leaching process of chromite ore in 60 wt% NaOH solution, subsequent separation of a chromium salt from the leached solution and Cr2O3 preparation from the intermediate product BaCrO4 were systematically investigated, and a new highly efficient and economical process for the production of Cr2O3 from chromite ore was established. The results showed that the decomposition of chromate ore could be significantly improved by increasing the temperature, and the Cr leaching rate reached 99% at 240 °C for 4 h. Meanwhile, the leaching process was controlled by surface chemical reactions with activation energy (Ea) of 34.3051 kJ/mol and a pre-exponential factor (A) of 6.9560. In the leached liquor, Na2CrO4 was transformed into BaCrO4 through its reaction with Ba(OH)2, Cr separation efficiency could reach as high as 89% in the undiluted leached liquor, while the separated alkali liquor could be effectively recycled for the leaching of chromite ore. Ultimately, a new method for the preparation of Cr2O3 from the intermediate product BaCrO4 was presented by the dissolution and reduction of BaCrO4 with HCl-CH3CH2OH as the reactant. The new cleaner process for Cr2O3 preparation from chromite ore provides an attractive alternative to upgrading the current chromate salt production processes.

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