MCQ On Sulfuric Acid Preparation

1.What is the basic raw materials for manufacture of sulfuric acid ?
a) sulfur and pyrites

b) oxygen
c) hydrogen
d) nitrogen
Answer: a
Explanation: 85 to 95% sulfuric acid is produced by mining and commercial oxidization of 80
to 90% sulfur containing and 10 to 15% pyrates containing raw materials . Nitrogen is used
as raw materials in the production of ammonia, nitric acid etc.
2.Which phenomena is involved in the byproduct sulfuric acid production?

a) elemental sulfur mining
b) oxidation -reduction
c) pyrolysis of pyrites
d) burning of fuel
Answer: d
Explanation: Burning of fuel involves the production of waste gases which is used to
produced sulfuric acid . This operation is known as byproduct sulfuric acid
operation.Oxidation reduction and elemental sulfur mining is basically used to produced
sulfur.
3. Which raw material is used in the production of sulfur by oxidation-reduction ?

a) limestone
b) pyrites
c) hydrogen sulfide
d) fuel oil
Answer: c
Explanation: Oxidation-reduction of hydrogen sulfide and air mixture in furnace is the initial
step of sulfur production and this raw material can be recovered by scrubbing with
ethanolamines and high temperature stripping. Pyrites is used in the Finnish process.
4. Which promoter mentioned below is used in the contact process ?

a) iron
b) alkali
c) acid
d) air
Answer: b
Explanation: In contact process alkali is used as promoter in trace amounts to enhance
activity of catalytic agent in order to decrease the reaction time for better economy.
5. Which one of the following catalyst used in contact process before the using of vanadium
pentoxide?
a) aluminum
b) zinc
c) copper
d) platinum
Answer: d
Explanation: Platinum catalyst was previously used but suffers from easy poisoning, fragility,
rapid heat deactivation, high initial investment. Except this other catalysts are not
economical.
6.Which commercial product is produced by Frasch Process ?

a) sulfur
b) ammonia
c) nitric acid
d) sulfuric acid
Answer: a
Explanation: Sulfur is produced by Frasch process from salt domes as a result of elemental
sulfur mining.Sulfuric acid produced by contact process and the nitric acid is produced by
ammonia oxidation process.
7.What is 1, 2 ,3 represents in the following flow chart in production of sulfur?

a) 1-steam, 2-H2S, 3-SO2
b) 1-H2S, 2-steam, 3-SO2
c) 1-steam, 2-SO2, 3-H2S
d) 1-SO2, 2-H2S, 3-steam
Answer: c
Explanation: In the furnace H2S and air mixture burned by exothermic reaction and heat is
liberated in the form of steam and two stage catalytic converter produced SO2 as final
product from the furnace.
8. Which one of the following product is manufacturer by Finnish Process ?

a) elemental sulfur
b) chlorine
c) pyrrhotite
d) sour gas
Answer: a
Explanation: Elemental sulfur is produced by thermal dissociation and general combustion
of pyrites in Finnish process and in general chlorine is produced by mercury cell electrolysis,
diaphragm cell electrolysis and membrane cell electrolysis.
9.Which component of sulfur attacks the vanadium catalyst ?
a) platinum
b) zinc
c) arsenic
d) lead
Answer:c
Explanation: In the contact process arsenic usually attacks the vanadium catalyst . It can be
removed by contacting molten sulfur with milk of lime in a continuous autoclave . Lead and
Zinc usually don’t react with vanadium under the conditions provide in the contact process.
10.Which Major Engineering problem is associated with Frasch process?
a) grinding
b) corrosion
c) final clean-up of stack gases
d) pyrites ore beneficiation
Answer: b
Explanation: Sulfur contain Shipment-insulated Barges and tank cars easily got corroded in
the storage and handling process .Grinding and pyrites ore beneficiation are the major
engineering problem of Finnish process, final clean-up of stock gas is related to oxidation
reduction of H2S .
11Why roasting of FeS is done ?
a) removal of arsenic
b) recovery of H2S
c) immune to poisons
d) recovery of SO2
Answer: d
Explanation: Roasting of FeS is done in Finnish process to recovery of SO2 from
pyrrhotite.Removal of arsenic is done in order to protect vanadium by contacting molten
sulfur with milk of lime in a continuous autoclave.
12. What is the name of reactor used in the below flow chart?
a) hot reactor
b) wash tower
c) decomposition tower
d) fluidized roaster
Answer: d
Explanation: In the production of sulfur from pyrites Fluidized roaster is used to produced
SO2 gas which is cooled in wash tower and waste heat boiler . Hot reactor is used to
maintained the reaction temperature.
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1.What is the basic raw materials for manufacture of sulfuric acid ?

a) sulfur and pyrites

2.Which phenomena is involved in the byproduct sulfuric acid production?

3. Which raw material is used in the production of sulfur by oxidation-reduction ?

4. Which promoter mentioned below is used in the contact process ?

6.Which commercial product is produced by Frasch Process ?

7.What is 1, 2 ,3 represents in the following flow chart in production of sulfur?

8. Which one of the following product is manufacturer by Finnish Process ?

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