Union Carbide Corporation

William B De Atley

Tadashi J Kagetsu

Joseph S Fox

Donald J Hansen

Robert L Ripley

Oreste J Malacarne

George F Curtis

Method for the recovery of high purity Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3 from a Na.sub.2 CrO.sub.4 or Na.sub.2 Cr.sub.2 O.sub.7 solution by producing (NH.sub.4).sub.2 CrO.sub.4 by solvent extraction, evaporating the aqueous (NH.sub.4).sub.2 CrO.sub.4 and igniting the resulting solids to provide high purity Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3.

Recovery of Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3 from a chromium bearing solution

Method for the recovery of chrome hydrate or high purity Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3 from chromium ores by roasting the ore with Na.sub.2 CO.sub.3 and CaO, water leaching the roasted mass, precipitating aluminum impurities from the leach liquor as Al(OH).sub.3 and contacting the leach liquor with sulfur and NaOH in order to reduce the chromium values in the leach liquor from valence 6 to 3 to provide a chrome hydrate precipitate. The chrome hydrate precipitate is acid repulped to provide a chrome hydrate from which sodium impurities have been removed. The chrome hydrate is dried and the resulting solids are calcined to provide a high purity Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3.

Processing of chromium ore

Oxidation of ferrophosphorous in an oxidizing environment wherein molten ferrophosphorous is continuously contacted with a surface of oxidized ferrophosphorous.

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William B De Atley