Thursday 16 May 2013

5.27 describe the manufacture of sulfuric acid by the contact process, including the essential conditions

(stage 1) S + O2 > SO2 
(stage 2) SO2 + O > SO3
(satge 3) SO3 + H2O > H2SO4


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i) a temperature of about 450C

ii) a pressure of about 2 atmospheres

iii) a vanadium(V) oxide catalyst (in stage 2)

Very helpful source:
http://namedorganicreactions.co.uk/Sulphuric.pdf

10 comments:

  1. Stage 3 is wrong in this, if you just add water to the sulfur trioxide you get an uncontrollable mist of H2SO4.

    What you actually do is absorb the SO3 in sulfuric acid to create oleum (H2S2O7
    Then you add water:

    H2S2O7 + H20 = 2H2SO4

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  2. It's not necessary for you to know that in-depth for IGCSE

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  3. S + O2 (not 2O) in stage 1. Oxygen is diatomic x

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  5. The second equation is wrong, it should be 2SO2 + O2 > 2SO3

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