Copper chromite
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| Surname | Copper chromite | |||||||||||||||
| other names |
Copper chromium oxide |
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| Molecular formula | Cu 2 Cr 2 O 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Brief description |
gray to black solid |
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| Molar mass | 311.08 g mol −1 | |||||||||||||||
| Physical state |
firmly |
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| density |
0.8 g cm −3 (bulk density) |
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| As far as possible and customary, SI units are used. Unless otherwise noted, the data given apply to standard conditions . | ||||||||||||||||
Copper chromite is an inorganic chemical compound of copper from the group of chromites.
Extraction and presentation
Copper chromite can be produced by precipitating basic copper ammonium chromate (BCAC) Cu (OH) NH 4 CrO 4 with subsequent drying and calcination .
properties
Copper chromite is a gray to black solid.
use
Copper chromite is used as a catalyst in pyrotechnics and in the production of fatty alcohols . Doped with barium and manganese , it serves as an Adkins catalyst as a heterogeneous catalyst .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f data sheet Copper chromite at Sigma-Aldrich , accessed on April 22, 2017 ( PDF ).
- ^ Josef Köhler, Rudolf Meyer, Axel Homburg: Explosivstoffe . Tenth, completely revised edition. John Wiley & Sons, 2012, ISBN 3-527-66007-0 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
- ↑ Entry on fatty alcohols. In: Römpp Online . Georg Thieme Verlag, accessed on April 22, 2017.