Potential—pH diagrams of Cr-H 2O system at elevated temperatures

Abstract

The potential—pH diagrams of the Cr-H 2O system at temperatures of 298, 323, 373 and 423 K were established through thermodynamic calculation with coupling of experimental results. The potential—pH diagram at 298 K agrees well with the previously reported results. Based on the potential—pH diagrams of the Cr-H 2O and Fe-H 2O systems, IR spectra and XRD pattern, the existence forms of iron in the potassium chromate were analyzed, and the methods of iron removal were investigated. The results show that the existence forms of iron in the potassium chromate are potassium ferrate. These results are instructive and helpful to the hydrometallurgical processing of chromite ore.