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Offline Bazinga11

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Is this redox reaction balanced correctly?
« on: September 18, 2013, 07:30:18 PM »
The question says to balance this reaction:
MnO4 (1-) + I2 + H(1+) --> MnO2 + I03 (1-)

I this is in a base but I have never seen an H+ on the left side before...

I balanced it without using that H and it seems to have balanced:

2H20 + 10 Mn04 (1-) + 3I2 --> 6IO3 (1-) + 10 MnO2 + 4OH(1-)

That is balanced correctly right? What is the a on the reactant side for?

Thank you
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Re: Is this redox reaction balanced correctly?
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2013, 08:13:29 PM »
Indicate which O/0s are oxygen atoms and which are actually 0...

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Re: Is this redox reaction balanced correctly?
« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2013, 09:33:51 PM »
Sorry I put a space between the 10's. I am not sure if this is a basic or acidic reaction,  does the H ion indicate that it is acidic?

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Re: Is this redox reaction balanced correctly?
« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2013, 01:27:21 AM »
H+ means its acidic. But your solution is right, because under acidic conditions the reaction will not stop at MnO2. It will form Mn2+.

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