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Describe the preparation of potassium dichromate from iron chromite ore.  What is the effect of increasing pH on a solution of potassium dichromate?

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Potassium dichromate is prepared from chromite ore (FeCr2O4) in the following steps
Step (1): Preparation of sodium chromate
4FeCr2O4+16NaOH+7O2 \(\rightarrow\) 8Na2CrO4+2Fe2O3+8H2o
Step (2): Conversion of sodium chromate into sodium dichromate
2Na2CrO4+conc.H2SO4 \(\rightarrow\) Na2Cr2O7+Na2SO4+H2o
Step(3): Conversion of sodium dichromate to potassium dichromate
Na2Cr2O7+2KCl \(\rightarrow\) K2Cr2O7+NaCl
Potassium dichromate being less soluble than sodium chloride is obtained in the form of orange coloured crystals and can be removed by filtration.
The dichromate ion (Cr2O72-) exists in equilibrium with chromate CrO2-4 ion at pH 4. However, by changing the pH, they can be interconverted.
2CrO2-4-ââ€'-

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