Sulphuric acid presentation

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Sulphuric Acid Sulphuric acid is one of the most used chemical in the world. With the production in 2001 being over 165 million tones and earning 8billion dollars As we all know that sulphuric acid a very strong mineral acid, A mineral acid is an acid derived by chemical reaction from inorganic minerals, unlike methane butane propane and so forth. Sulphuric acid was known to be discovered by Jabir bin Hayyan, who was a well known alchemist from the 8th century. Arabic but claimed by many to be Persian. Sulphuric acid, formerly known as the oil of vitriol, has the chemical formula of H2SO4; the term vitriol was coined as a reaction of bitterness. Manufacturing process: There are two main processes, which are known for manufacturing Sulfuric acid, the lead chamber process and the current method, the contact process, which is much more economical and energy efficient. The contact process is used solely fo producing H2SO4 with the vanadium oxide used as a catalyst The contact process is solely used for producing sulphuric acid in the high concentration environment which is essential for the manufacturing of the acid. The only essential components for the production of H2SO4 are Sulphur, Oxygen and Water. The first step of manufacturing is the oxidizing of the Sulphur, making it Sulphur dioxide Secondly we are inserting 2 Sulphur dioxide molecules and oxidizing them again to produce 2 molecules of Sulphur trioxide. Third we add a water molecule to the sulphur trioxide to form H2SO4 Concentration application 10% Dilute Sulphuric acid for laboratory use Only. 33.5% Battery acid ( used in lead-Acid Batteries. 62.18% Chamber of fertilizer acid. 77.67% Tower or Glover acid. 98% Concentrated acid, when manufactured. Chemical and Physical Properties: Chemical: • Reactions of water with sulphuric acid is highly exothermic • Sulphuric acid

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