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Synthesis of microporous eskolaite from Cr(VI) using activated carbon as a reductant and template
A Cruz-Espinoza1, V Ibarra-Galván, A López-Valdivieso
1Universidad de Colima, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Carretera Colima-Coquimatlán km. 9.5, Coquimatlán, Colima 28400, Mexico.
Abstract:
A novel technique has been devised for the synthesis of microporous α-Cr(2)O(3) (eskolaite). The technique was based on the formation of amorphous-Cr(2)O(3) onto microporous activated carbon through adsorption-reduction of dichromate ions (Cr(2)O(7)(2-)) at the activated carbon/aqueous solution interface. Then, the Cr(2)O(3)-loaded carbon was thermally processed under oxidizing conditions to remove the carbon and recover the chromium oxide as α-Cr(2)O(3). Both the Cr(2)O(3)-loaded carbon and the synthetic product were characterized by XRD, SEM, surface area and pore volume measurements. The synthetic eskolaite assayed 97.3% Cr(2)O(3) and its specific surface area was 15.48 m(2)/g and pore size of 16.1 Å.
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