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Offline matx132

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Dissolution of metals in acids
« on: November 06, 2010, 01:50:14 PM »
Welcome,
At the start i sorry for my english but this is not my first language :)

In School we have exercises with chemistry and i have trouble with some exercises,
few i done but i don't know is correct.

Here are some exercises:

Zn + H2SO4  :rarrow: i think this is good -> ZnSO4 + H2O
Pb + 2H2SO4 :rarrow: i think this is good -> PbSO4  + SO2 + H2O
Cu + H2SO4 :rarrow: i think this is good -> CuSO4 +  SO2 + H2O
Fe + H2SO4 :rarrow: i think this is good -> FeSO4 + H2

and instead H2SO4 it is HNO3,HCl

but i don't know is all correct and how do the rest(other)

And that the concentrated solutions

HNO3 with Al,Cu
HCl (cs) with Al,Cu

Please help me and write how i must do other because I have yet to understand this.

Best Regards,
Matx132

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Re: Dissolution of metals in acids
« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2010, 02:03:49 PM »
Concentrated nitric acid is an oxidizing agent, whereas HCl is not. That should be enough to predict the reactions.

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Re: Dissolution of metals in acids
« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2010, 02:17:18 PM »
are you suggest when NO2 is concentrated with e.g.  Cu :
Cu + 4HNO3 --> Cu(NO3)2 + 2NO2 + 2H2O
and with Al:
Al + 2HNO3 --> AlNO3 + NO2 + H2O
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and when i write "i think is good" is all correct?

Thanks for help

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Re: Dissolution of metals in acids
« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2010, 02:37:02 PM »
It's hard to tell, because lead may be resistant to the oxidation by sulfuric acid. It may be better to represent lead as you did iron.

Also, to be sure, some metals react with HCl, just not in the same fashion as nitric acid. (i.e. Cl- is very different from NO3-)

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