2007-08-12 00:01:55 · 2 answers · asked by ann 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
I would never add ferric chloride to a sample of peroxide unless I wanted to destroy it. Ferric chloride, much like many transition metal compounds, can catalyze the disproportionation of peroxide into water and oxygen gas. At high enough concentrations of peroxide, it can do so explosively. I have accidentally performed this reaction when adding 70% peroxide to one of my chemical reactions and got a nice show on the floor of my fume hood when a few of the drops missed my flask and hit the floor.
Peroxide most certainly can not reduce ferric chloride to ferrous chloride. The standard reduction potential of peroxide is 1.8V, and that of ferric chloride is 0.7V, so peroxide cannot be oxidized by Fe(III).
The reaction for disproportionation is:
2 H2O2 ---> 2 H2O + O2
The iron acts as a catalyst.
2007-08-12 04:22:29 · answer #1 · answered by Art V 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fecl3 H2o2
2016-10-31 14:00:13 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
FeCl3(aq) + 3NaOH(aq) → Fe(OH)3 (s) + 3NaCl(aq) That is the balanced equation. I do not understand any problem with this - After balancing from common knowledge I tried the balancing website and it gave me exactly what I had already worked out.
2016-03-17 21:39:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hydrogen peroxide can reduce iron(III) ions to iron(II) ions:
H2O2 + 2Fe3+ -----> 2H+ + O2 + 2Fe2+
If you really want the full equation, it would be
H2O2 + 2FeCl3 -----> 2HCl + O2 + 2FeCl2
2007-08-12 00:17:57 · answer #4 · answered by Gervald F 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Bound Iron prevents spontaneous generation of peroxides. As far as the formulas, please see the following:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_peroxide
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FeCl3
2007-08-12 00:19:42 · answer #5 · answered by Dan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
alam mo pare, hindi ko maintindihan ang sinasabi mo...pero better ask Einstein...
2007-08-12 00:05:47 · answer #6 · answered by DylanX 2 · 0⤊ 5⤋