摘要 |
Manufacture of arsenic acid by oxidation of arsenic trioxide with hydrogen peroxide is potentially hazardous, especially when making concentrated solutions of arsenic acid as sought by the users. The process also can suffer from substantial wasteful decomposition of hydrogen peroxide. The problems arise from or are exacerbated by the nature of the reactants, the exothermic character of the principal and decomposition reactions and the formation of localised hot spots. The problems can be ameliorated by introducing the reagents with agitation into a body of reaction product and maintaining the reaction mixture at a temperature of not more than 70 DEG C and preferably 45 to 55 DEG C. By carrying out the process in such a manner, it can accomodate even low grade arsenic trioxide as reagent. |