NEET-XII-Chemistry

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  • #76
    For the redox reaction
    ``\ce MnO4^-
    + C2O4^{2-}+ H^+
    \longrightarrow Mn^{2+} +CO2 + H2O``
    the correct coefficients of the reactants for the
    balanced equation are
    ``MnO_4^{-}`` ``C_2O_4^{2-}`` `` H^+``
    (1) 16 5 2
    (2) 2 5 16
    (3) 2 16 5
    (4) 5 16 2
    digAnsr:   2
    Ans : (2)
    Sol.
     7
    2
    4MnO Mn ; 5e gain
    +
     +  (1)
       + +
     
    3 4
    2
    2 4 2C O CO ; 2e loss (2)
    multiplying (1) by 2 and (2) by 5 to balance e-
      ++  +2 24 2 4 22MnO 5C O 2Mn 10CO
    on balancing charge;
      + ++ +  + +2 24 2 4 2 22MnO 5C O 16H 2Mn 10CO 8H O
    
    
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