Interaction | Reaction | Process     Data Page

This reaction is used is the recycling of contaminated sulfuric acid. The SO2 formed is used to make more acid.

Recycled sulfuric acid is always more expensive than "fresh" acid.

W. Büchner, R. Schliebs, G. Winter, K.H. Büchel, Industrial Inorganic Chemistry, VCH, 1989

2
H2SO4
         
2
SO2
  +  
O2
  +  
2
H2O
Reactant Page Go To Go To
Sulfuric acid     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Sulfur dioxide     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Oxygen     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Water     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Decomposition by Heat (Pyrolysis)
Industrial Process: Inorganic

© Mark R. Leach 1999 –

Queries, Suggestions, Bugs, Errors, Typos...

If you have any:

Queries
Comments
Suggestions
Suggestions for links
Bug, typo or grammatical error reports about this page,

please contact Mark R. Leach, the author, using mark@meta-synthesis.com