Sodium Hydroxide → Sodium Nitrate

HRID 478114

Reaction equation

HRID 478114 reaction equation
[N+:1]([O-:6])([N+:3]([O-:5])=[O:4])=[O:2].[N+:7]([O-])=[O:8].[OH-].[Na+:11]>>[N+:3]([O-:5])([O-:8])=[O:4].[Na+:11].[N:1]([O-:6])=[O:2].[Na+:11].[N:7]=[O:8]

Participants

6

Reactant 3

HCID 14798Sodium HydroxideHCID 25352Nitrogen oxide (N2O4)HCID 178526396Nitrogen Dioxide

Product 3

HCID 24268Sodium NitrateHCID 145068Nitric OxideHCID 23668193Sodium Nitrite

Procedure

Currently, the KSC oxidizer scrubbers react nitrogen tetroxide and/or nitrogen dioxide with nominally 25-wt. % sodium hydroxide, which produces sodium nitrate, sodium nitrite, and nitric oxide. The spent caustic scrubber liquor could be used as a fertilizer once the pH is adjusted; however, substitution of potassium hydroxide for sodium hydroxide increases the commercial value of the scrubber liquor as a fertilizer.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-6fc5ae9cf28047e8816448b855e9e844
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2003_11
Patent number
US06641638B1

Linked notes

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