Reduction of trace quantities of chromium(VI) by strong acids

Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society

Sérgio H Pezzin²  José F. Lugo Rivera¹  Carol H Collins¹  Kenneth E Collins¹ 

[1] ,Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina Centro de Ciências Tecnológicas Joinville SC ,Brazil

关键词: chromium;    chromate;    speciation;    ion exchange chromatography;    acid reduction;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0103-50532004000100011

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The chemical behavior of Cr(VI) at low concentrations (10-4 to 10-7 mol L-1) in several strong acids was studied using high specific activity 51Cr(VI) as a tracer. The speciation of the products from these systems was carried out by ion exchange chromatography with stepwise elution. The results show that trace quantities of Cr(VI), monitored by means of radiochromium (51Cr), are reduced in the presence of mineral acids such as perchloric, hydrochloric, hydrofluoric, sulfuric, nitric and trifluoromethanesulfonic acids, even in the absence of conventional reducing agents, producing different measureable Cr(III) species, depending on the acid anion. Detailed studies of the reduction of low concentrations of Cr(VI) with nitric acid have shown that the relative rate of reduction increases as the concentration of the acid increases or as the concentration of the Cr(VI) decreases.

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