Abstract: | On the Mechanism of the Formations of Chromium(IV)oxide from Chromyl Chloride The decomposition of chromyl chloride in the temperature range from 380 to 400°C leads with increasing oxygen pressure to chromium oxides containing up to nearly 90% of CrO2. The interaction with the chlorine prevents a quantitative formation of CrO2. Up to 315°C during the decomposition of chromyl chloride chromium oxides of higher valencies are formed separating chlorine and taking up oxygen simultaneously. By working in flowing oxygen it could be proved that the decomposition goes at lower temperatures via the nondetectable CrO3. By heating gradually and by removing the chlorine as far as possible stoichiometric CrO2 at oxygen pressures above 60 atm could be obtained. |