Developmental Process Study for Laboratory Scale Preparation of Barium Chromate
American-Eurasian Journal of Toxicological Sciences 6 (4): 114-119, 2014 ISSN 2079-2050 © IDOSI Publications, 2014 DOI: 10.5829/idosi.aejts.2014.6.4.1112 Developmental Process Study for Laboratory Scale Preparation of Barium Chromate 1Sheikh Asrar Ahmad, 1Maria Mustafa, 1Nafeesa Batool, 11Asad Gulzar, Sajid Mahmood Rao, 12Qamar Ali, Muhammad Nadeem Zafar, 3Adnan Akram, 4Rana Khalid Mahmood, 45Zia Ullah Khokhar and Muhammad Abdul Qadir 1Division of Science and Technology, University of Education, Lahore, Pakistan 2Department of Chemistry, University of the Gujrat, Pakistan 3PCSIR Laboratories complex, Feroz Pur Road Lahore, Pakistan 4Government Post graduate Islamia College Gujranwala, Pakistan 5Institute of Chemistry, University of the Punjab Lahore, Pakistan Abstract: Present work deals with the developmental process study for laboratory scale preparation of barium chromate. It is a cheaper and a viable method to prepare barium chromate which has very important industrial applications. Barium chromate was prepared by mixing different concentrations of sodium chromate and barium chloride. Percentage yields of barium chromate were determined 86%, 93%, 91%, 85% and 90% respectively. Different parameters such as temperature, pH, stirring speed, solubility were applied to get optimum yield. The optimum percentage yield was noted 93% for 0.3 M concentrations of sodium chromate and barium chloride at pH 7, 25°C without stirring. Barium was estimated gravimetrically in sample solution as barium sulfate and its optimum percentage yield was 46%. Percentage of chromium estimated by atomic adsorption spectrometry in sample solution was found to be 19.5%. The purity of barium chromate was checked by iodine titration method and maximum purity of sample solution was found to be 98%.
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