Ammonia → Calcium Carbonate

HRID 2372164Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2372164 reaction equation
N.[N+:2]([O-:5])([O-:4])=[O:3].[Ca+2:6].[N+:7]([O-])([O-])=[O:8].[C:11](=[O:13])=[O:12]>O>[N+:2]([O-:5])([O-:4])=[O:3].[NH4+:7].[C:11](=[O:8])([O-:13])[O-:12].[Ca+2:6]

Participants

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Procedure

U.S. Pat. No. 2,753,252, Barnes, July 3, 1956, it is proposed that a substantially completely citrate soluble phosphatic product may be prepared by reacting phosphate rock with nitric acid, filtering the gangue, evaporating free water from the acidulate by boiling, heating the resulting residue to about 180° C. to about 190° C. to expel all water of hydration, dispersing the residue in anhydrous ammonia to dissolve the calcium nitrate, and finally filtering the mixture to obtain the phosphate product and a filtrate containing anhydrous ammonia and calcium nitrate. The filtrate is further processed with water and carbon dioxide to produce an ammonium nitrate solution and by-product calcium carbonate. Barnes claims a 95.8 percent recovery of the P2O5 initially present in the rock, but makes no provision for the recovery of nitric acid liberated during the heating processes.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-df99262006394380ab77d3b84368d3bf
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1992_03
Patent number
US05098461

Reaction notes

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