A new method of potassium chromate production from chromite and KOH-KNO3-H2O binary submolten salt system

AIChE Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2646-2656

  Sun, Zhi ^a   Zhang, Yi ^a   Zheng, Shi Li ^a   Zhang, Yang ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Chromite ore; Decomposition; Mechanism; Potassium chromate; Submolten salt

Indexed keywords

APPARENT ACTIVATION ENERGY; CHROMITE ORE; CHROMITE ORES; CONVERSION RATIO; DECOMPOSITION REACTION; GAS FLOWS; GAS REACTION; INTERFACE REACTIONS; MASS DIFFUSION; MASS DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; MELT SYSTEM; OXYGEN PARTIAL PRESSURE; POTASSIUM NITRATE; PRODUCT LAYER; REACTION SYSTEM; REACTION TIME; SALT SYSTEMS; SOLID-LIQUID; STIRRING SPEED; SUBMOLTEN SALT; TEMPERATURE RANGE;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CHROMATES; CHROMITE; CHROMITE DEPOSITS; CHROMIUM; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; OXYGEN; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 70349084201     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11871     Document Type: Article

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