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20Cu + 3Fe2(SO4)3 🔥→ 9Cu2SO3 + Cu2O + 2Fe3O4

The reaction of copper and iron(III) sulfate yields copper(I) sulfite, copper(I) oxide, and iron(II,III) oxide (Other reactions are here). This reaction is an oxidation-reduction reaction and is classified as follows:

Table of contents
  1. 1Reaction data
  2. 2Thermodynamic changes
  3. 3References
  4. 4Related reactions
  5. 5Related categories

Reaction data

Chemical equation

General equation

Reaction of oxidizable species and reducible species
Oxidizable speciesReducing agent + Reducible speciesOxidizing agent
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ProductOxidation product + ProductReduction product

Oxidation state of each atom

Reaction of copper and iron(III) sulfate

Reactants

Chemical formulaNameCoefficientTypeType in general
equation
CuCopper20
Reducing
Oxidizable
Fe2(SO4)3Iron(III) sulfate3
Oxidizing
Reducible

Products

Chemical formulaNameCoefficientTypeType in general
equation
Cu2SO3Copper(I) sulfite9
Redoxed product
Cu2OCopper(I) oxide1
Oxidized
Fe3O4Iron(II,III) oxide2
Reduced

Thermodynamic changes

Changes in aqueous solution

Reaction of copper and iron(III) sulfate
ΔrG1072.2 kJ/mol
K0.14 × 10−187
pK187.84
20CuCrystalline solid + 3Fe2(SO4)3Ionized aqueous solution
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9Cu2SO3Ionized aqueous solution + Cu2OCrystalline solid + 2Fe3O4Crystalline solid
Standard enthalpy
of reaction
ΔrH°
kJ · mol−1
Standard
Gibbs energy
of reaction
ΔrG°
kJ · mol−1
Standard entropy
of reaction
ΔrS°
J · K−1 · mol−1
Standard heat
capacity of reaction
at constant pressure
ΔrCp°
J · K−1 · mol−1
per 1 mol of
Equation
1641.61072.21887
per 1 mol of
82.08053.61094.35
per 1 mol of
547.20357.40629.0
per 1 mol of
182.40119.13209.7
per 1 mol of
1641.61072.21887
per 1 mol of
820.80536.10943.5

Thermodynamic data of reactants

Chemical formulaStandard enthalpy
of formation
ΔfH°
kJ · mol−1
Standard Gibbs
energy of
formation
ΔfG°
kJ · mol−1
Standard
molar entropy
S°
J · K−1 · mol−1
Standard molar
heat capacity at
constant pressure
Cp°
J · K−1 · mol−1
Cu (cr)0[1]0[1]33.150[1]24.435[1]
Cu (g)338.32[1]298.58[1]166.38[1]20.786[1]
Fe2(SO4)3 (cr)-2581.5[1]
Fe2(SO4)3 (ai)-2825.0[1]-2242.8[1]-571.5[1]
* (cr):Crystalline solid, (g):Gas, (ai):Ionized aqueous solution

Thermodynamic data of products

Chemical formulaStandard enthalpy
of formation
ΔfH°
kJ · mol−1
Standard Gibbs
energy of
formation
ΔfG°
kJ · mol−1
Standard
molar entropy
S°
J · K−1 · mol−1
Standard molar
heat capacity at
constant pressure
Cp°
J · K−1 · mol−1
Cu2SO3 (ai)-492.0[1]-386.6[1]50[1]
Cu2O (cr)-168.6[1]-146.0[1]93.14[1]63.64[1]
Fe3O4 (cr)-1118.4[1]-1015.4[1]146.4[1]143.43[1]
* (ai):Ionized aqueous solution, (cr):Crystalline solid

References

List of references

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