Chromate and dichromate

Short description: Chromium(VI) anions

This page is about the salts of the chromium(VI) anion. For other uses, see Chromate. See also for disambiguation of derived terms.

Not to be confused with chromite (compound), monochromat, dichromat, trichromat, or tetrachromat.

Chromate and dichromate  |  | The structure and bonding of the dichromate ion

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Names
Systematic IUPAC name

Chromate and dichromate

Identifiers

CAS Number

* chromate: 13907-45-4 N
* dichromate: 13907-47-6 N

3D model (JSmol)

* chromate: Interactive image
* dichromate: Interactive image

ChEBI |

* chromate: CHEBI:35404
* dichromate: CHEBI:33141

ChemSpider |

* chromate: 22869
* dichromate: 22911

DrugBank |

* dichromate: DB14182

PubChem CID

* chromate: 24461
* dichromate: 24503

UNII |

* chromate: 9S2Y101D6M
* dichromate: 9LKY4BFN2V

CompTox Dashboard (EPA)

* chromate: DTXSID7065675
* dichromate: DTXSID5074004

InChI

* chromate: InChI=1S/Cr.4O/q;;;2*-1

Key: ZCDOYSPFYFSLEW-UHFFFAOYSA-N

* dichromate: InChI=1S/2Cr.7O/q;;;;;;;2*-1

Key: SOCTUWSJJQCPFX-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

* chromate: [O-][Cr](=O)(=O)[O-]

* dichromate: O=[Cr](=O)([O-])O[Cr](=O)(=O)[O-]

Properties

Chemical formula

| CrO2−
4 and Cr
2O2−

Molar mass | 115.994 g mol−1 and 215.988 g mol−1
Conjugate acid | Chromic acid

Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Infobox references

Tracking categories (test):

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Chromate salts contain the chromate anion, CrO2−
4. Dichromate salts contain the dichromate anion, Cr
2O2−
7. They are oxyanions of chromium in the +6 oxidation state and are moderately strong oxidizing agents. In an aqueous solution, chromate and dichromate ions can be interconvertible.

## Contents

* 1 Chemical properties
* 1.1 Acid–base properties
* 1.2 Oxidation–reduction properties
* 2 Applications
* 3 Natural occurrence and production
* 4 Toxicity
* 5 See also
* 6 Notes
* 7 References
* 8 External links

## Chemical properties

* Potassium chromate

* Potassium dichromate

Chromates react with hydrogen peroxide, giving products in which peroxide, O2−
2, replaces one or more oxygen atoms. In acid solution the unstable blue peroxo complex Chromium(VI) oxide peroxide, CrO(O

2, is formed; it is an uncharged covalent molecule, which may be extracted into ether. Addition of pyridine results in the formation of the more stable complex CrO(O

2(pyridine).[1]

### Acid–base properties

In aqueous solution, chromate and dichromate anions exist in a chemical equilibrium.

2 CrO2−
4 \+ 2 H+
⇌ Cr
2O2−
7 \+ H

The predominance diagram shows that the position of the equilibrium depends on both pH and the analytical concentration of chromium.[notes 1]

Predominance diagram for chromate

The chromate ion is the predominant species in alkaline solutions, but dichromate can become the predominant ion in acidic solutions.

Further condensation reactions can occur in strongly acidic solution with the formation of trichromates, Cr
3O2−
10, and tetrachromates, Cr
4O2−
13.[2] All polyoxyanions of chromium(VI) have structures made up of tetrahedral CrO
4 units sharing corners.[3]

The hydrogen chromate ion, HCrO−
4, is a weak acid:

HCrO−
4 ⇌ CrO2−
4 \+ H+
; pKa ≈ 5.9

It is also in equilibrium with the dichromate ion:

2 HCrO−
4 ⇌ Cr
2O2−
7 \+ H

This equilibrium does not involve a change in hydrogen ion concentration, which would predict that the equilibrium is independent of pH. The red line on the predominance diagram is not quite horizontal due to the simultaneous equilibrium with the chromate ion. The hydrogen chromate ion may be protonated, with the formation of molecular chromic acid, H
2CrO
4, but the pKa for the equilibrium

2CrO
4 ⇌ HCrO−
4 \+ H+

is not well characterized. Reported values vary between about −0.8 and 1.6.[4]

The dichromate ion is a somewhat weaker base than the chromate ion:[5]

HCr
2O−
7 ⇌ Cr
2O2−
7 \+ H+
, pKa = 1.18

The pKa value for this reaction shows that it can be ignored at pH > 4\.

### Oxidation–reduction properties

The chromate and dichromate ions are fairly strong oxidizing agents. Commonly three electrons are added to a chromium atom, reducing it to oxidation state +3. In acid solution the aquated Cr3+ ion is produced.

2O2−
7 \+ 14 H+
\+ 6 e−
→ 2 Cr3+ \+ 7 H
2O ε0 = 1.33 V

In alkaline solution chromium(III) hydroxide is produced. The redox potential shows that chromates are weaker oxidizing agent in alkaline solution than in acid solution.[6]

CrO2−
4 \+ 4 H
2O + 3 e−
→ Cr(OH)
3 \+ 5 OH−
ε0 = −0.13 V

## Applications

School bus painted in Chrome yellow[7]

Approximately 136,000 tonnes (150,000 tons) of hexavalent chromium, mainly sodium dichromate, were produced in 1985.[8] Chromates and dichromates are used in chrome plating to protect metals from corrosion and to improve paint adhesion. Chromate and dichromate salts of heavy metals, lanthanides and alkaline earth metals are only very slightly soluble in water and are thus used as pigments. The lead-containing pigment chrome yellow was used for a very long time before environmental regulations discouraged its use.[7] When used as oxidizing agents or titrants in a redox chemical reaction, chromates and dichromates convert into trivalent chromium, Cr3+, salts of which typically have a distinctively different blue-green color.[8]

## Natural occurrence and production

Crocoite specimen from the Red Lead Mine, Tasmania, Australia

The primary chromium ore is the mixed metal oxide chromite, FeCr

4, found as brittle metallic black crystals or granules. Chromite ore is heated with a mixture of calcium carbonate and sodium carbonate in the presence of air. The chromium is oxidized to the hexavalent form, while the iron forms iron(III) oxide, Fe

4 FeCr

4 \+ 8 Na
2CO
3 \+ 7 O
2 → 8 Na
2CrO
4 \+ 2 Fe

3 \+ 8 CO

Subsequent leaching of this material at higher temperatures dissolves the chromates, leaving a residue of insoluble iron oxide. Normally the chromate solution is further processed to make chromium metal, but a chromate salt may be obtained directly from the liquor.[9]

Chromate containing minerals are rare. Crocoite, PbCrO
4, which can occur as spectacular long red crystals, is the most commonly found chromate mineral. Rare potassium chromate minerals and related compounds are found in the Atacama Desert. Among them is lópezite – the only known dichromate mineral.[10]

As chromate is isostructural to sulfate, sulfate and chromate minerals can form solid solutions such as hashemite, and chromate minerals are often listed alongside sulfate minerals in mineral classification schemes such as Nickel-Strunz classification.

## Toxicity

Hexavalent chromium compounds can be toxic and carcinogenic (IARC Group 1). Inhaling particles of hexavalent chromium compounds can cause lung cancer. Also positive associations have been observed between exposure to chromium (VI) compounds and cancer of the nose and nasal sinuses.[11] The use of chromate compounds in manufactured goods is restricted in the EU (and by market commonality the rest of the world) by EU Parliament directive on the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive (2002/95/EC).

## See also

* Chromate conversion coating

## Notes

1. ↑ pCr is equal to the negative of the decimal logarithm of the molar concentration of chromium. Thus, when pCr = 2, the chromium concentration is 10−2 mol/L.

## References

1. ↑ Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. p. 637. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.
2. ↑ Nazarchuk, Evgeny V.; Siidra, Oleg I.; Charkin, Dmitry O.; Kalmykov, Stepan N.; Kotova, Elena L. (2021-02-01). "Effect of solution acidity on the crystallization of polychromates in uranyl-bearing systems: synthesis and crystal structures of Rb2[(UO2)(Cr2O7)(NO3)2 and two new polymorphs of Rb2Cr3O10"] (in en). Zeitschrift für Kristallographie - Crystalline Materials 236 (1–2): 11–21. doi:10.1515/zkri-2020-0078. ISSN 2196-7105. https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/zkri-2020-0078/html.
3. ↑ Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. p. 1009. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.
4. ↑ IUPAC SC-Database. A comprehensive database of published data on equilibrium constants of metal complexes and ligands.
5. ↑ Brito, F.; Ascanioa, J.; Mateoa, S.; Hernándeza, C.; Araujoa, L.; Gili, P.; Martín-Zarzab, P.; Domínguez, S. et al. (1997). "Equilibria of chromate(VI) species in acid medium and ab initio studies of these species". Polyhedron 16 (21): 3835–3846. doi:10.1016/S0277-5387(97)00128-9.
6. ↑ Holleman, Arnold Frederik; Wiberg, Egon (2001), Wiberg, Nils, ed., Inorganic Chemistry, San Diego/Berlin: Academic Press/De Gruyter, ISBN 0-12-352651-5 .
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Worobec, Mary Devine; Hogue, Cheryl (1992). Toxic Substances Controls Guide: Federal Regulation of Chemicals in the Environment. BNA Books. p. 13. ISBN 978-0-87179-752-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=CjWQ6_7AnI4C&pg=PA13.
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Anger, Gerd; Halstenberg, Jost; Hochgeschwender, Klaus; Scherhag, Christoph; Korallus, Ulrich; Knopf, Herbert; Schmidt, Peter; Ohlinger, Manfred (2005). "Chromium Compounds". Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH. doi:10.1002/14356007.a07_067. ISBN 3527306730.
9. ↑ Papp, John F.; Lipin Bruce R. (2006). "Chromite". Industrial Minerals & Rocks: Commodities, Markets, and Uses (7th ed.). SME. ISBN 978-0-87335-233-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=zNicdkuulE4C&pg=PA309.
10. ↑ "Mines, Minerals and More". http://www.mindat.org.
11. ↑ IARC (2012). Volume 100C: Arsenic, Metals, Fibres, and Dusts. Lyon: International Agency for Research on Cancer. ISBN 978-92-832-0135-9. https://publications.iarc.fr/_publications/media/download/3026/50ed50733f7d1152d91b30a803619022ef098d59.pdf. Retrieved 2020-01-05. "There is sufficient evidence in humans for the carcinogenicity of chromium (VI) compounds. Chromium (VI) compounds cause cancer of the lung. Also positive associations have been observed between exposure to chromium (VI) compounds and cancer of the nose and nasal sinuses. There is sufficient evidence in experimental animals for the carcinogenicity of chromium (VI) compounds. Chromium (VI) compounds are carcinogenic to humans (Group 1)."

## External links

* National Pollutant Inventory - Chromium(VI) and compounds fact sheet
* Demonstration of chromate-dichromate equilibrium

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Chromium compounds

Chromium(0)|

* Cr(CO)6

| Organochromium(0) compounds|

* Cr(C6H6)2
* CrC6H6(CO)3

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Chromium(II)|

* Cr(C2H3O2)2
* CrBr2
* Cr3C2
* Cr(C2O4)
* CrCl2
* CrF2
* CrO
* CrSe
* CrSi2
* CrSO4

| Organochromium(II) compounds|

* Cr(C5H5)2

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Chromium(II, III)|

* Cr3C2

Chromium(III)|

* Cr(C2H3O2)3
* CrB
* CrBr3
* CrCl3
* CrF3
* CrI3
* CrN
* Cr(NO3)3
* Cr(OH)3
* Cr2O3
* Cr2S3
* Cr2(SO4)3
* Cr2Te3

Chromium(IV)|

* CrCl4
* CrF4
* CrO2

Chromium(V)|

* CrF5
* K3Cr(O2)4

Chromium(VI)|

* CrO3
* CrS3
* CrO(O2)2
* H2CrO4/H2Cr2O7
* CrO2F2
* CrO2Cl2
* C5H5NHCrO3Cl
* CrF6 (hypothetical)

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