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Offline bamster

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Reduction of dichromate question?
« on: June 11, 2009, 07:53:21 PM »
 Did a lab today by titrating potassium dichromate into and unknown iron solution.

The equation is

14H+ + 6Fe2+ + Cr2O72-  :rarrow: 2Cr3+ + 6Fe3+ + 7H2O

But is says that since the reduction of one dichromate ion to chromium III involves six electrons, the redox concentration of the solution is six times its concentration.

I calculated the concentration the potassium dichromate but now do I multiply it by 6?

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Re: Reduction of dichromate question?
« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2009, 03:33:21 AM »
Just read stiochiometry of this reaction:
1/6 mole of dichromate is reduced by 1 mole of iron(II)
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Re: Reduction of dichromate question?
« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2009, 04:15:50 AM »
No idea what a

redox concentration of the solution

is.

Could be they mean normality.
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