The high school students who want to enter universities have to pass an important exam called entrance exam to universities in Vietnam. This year, this exam began on 3rd and finished on 10th of July.
In the exam this year, the chemistry exam (Grade A) had this problem:
III. 2. By burning comletely 33,4g the mixture B1 which consists of 3 metals Al, Fe & Cu in the atmosphere, we have 41,4g the mixture B2 which consists of 3 oxides. Then let B2 react comletely with the solution H2SO4 20%, d = 1.14 g/ml.
a) Write all the reaction equations.
b) Find the value of the minimum volume of H2SO4 20% which can mix the B2.
And the solution was given:
3Fe + 2O2 = Fe3O4.
But many students wrote Fe2O3. So they had no marks. This cause the protest from both the students and the teachers, but there was nothing new. The teachers of the Education and Training Department kept their solution.
After quoting from many believable books, a university teacher said that:
* 3Fe + 2O2 = Fe3O4 (at 150 - 6000C)
The oxidization continues if O2 is odd:
4Fe304 + O2 = 6Fe2O3 (at 450 - 6000C)
* That Fe reacts O2 produces the mixture: Fe2O3 + Fe304
* Therefore, either Fe2O3 or Fe3O4 had to be accepted.