Modern theories of the sulphurec acid process

• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 1889
• Weight: 537 KB
• Volume: 8
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0368-4075
• DOI: 10.1002/jctb.5000080303

✦ Synopsis

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iiitroiis iicid, nnd not tho nitric osidc, which pliiycd tho piirt of osygcn-ciirricr in . tlic siilpliiiric iieid process, nnd tlic rciictioiis wcrc rcprcscntcd by tlic cqiintioii 1 iiud 2, thus : -(1.1 2 soJ + N,O, + 0.: + Er, o = 3 so,.. 01-1. oso. (3.) 2 SO:. OH . ON0 + 1 1 2 0 = 3 SO:(OH)Z + S2O.i. At tlic siiinc tiiiic tlic ndiuission wns iiindc tlint lociil circiiiiistiinces iiiiglit pnrtly modify niid coinplicntc tlicsc principiil rcnctions. Liingc nnd Xiicf pro~cd, iii 1884, tliiit tlic. coiiipnsitioii of tlic iiitroiis g n ~c s i i i II cliiiiiibcr ork king iiiidcr iioriiinl coiitlitioiie wns iiicoiiipatiblc with tlic prcscncc of iiitrogcu pcrosidc. Iii tlic first clinnibcr nitric osidc wns iilso ~ircscut, Iiitcr on oiily iiitroiis iicitl coiild IJC dctcctcd, wlicrciis iiitrogcii pcrosidc iniidc its nppcnrniicc, if tlic excess of nitrous coiiipoiiiids in tlic hitter pnrt of tlic cliii~iibcr systciii wis ribiioriiiiill?; liirgc. I t might lie objected tliiit t.lic csistciicc of nitrous iicitl iii n gnscoiis stiitc wns still doiibtfiil, h i t this iiiridc no tlitt'croiicc, iis tlic theory licld cqiiiilly good for nitroiis iicitl 11s II Iiydintc--S0011.

As r i fiirtlier objection rigiiiiist t.hc iiitroiis ncid theory, tlic iirgiiiiiciit hns Iiccii liroiiglit forwnrd tlirit tlic i i i i i i l y ~~~ of tlic gnscs riiiglit IJC ccliiiilly wcll iiitcvprcted IIH sliowiiiy tlic prcsciicc of II mistiirc of nitric ositlc i i i i d iiifrogeii pcrosidc. I h t coiilcl this objcctioii IJC iiphcld T \'oiilil it iiot Iic curious, if oiic iiiolcciilc of nitric oxide wcrc iil\ViigH iiccoiupiiiiictl by oiic niolcciilr of