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3Au + Cr(NO3)3 + 8H+ 🔥→ 3Au+ + NO↑ + Cr3+ + 4H2O + 2NO2+

Reaction of gold and chromium(III) nitrate under acidic condition
3AuGold + Cr(NO3)3Chromium(III) nitrate + 8H+Hydrogen ion
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3Au+Gold(I) ion + NONitrogen monoxide + Cr3+Chromium(III) ion + 4H2OWater + 2NO2+Nitronium ion

The reaction of gold, chromium(III) nitrate, and hydrogen ion yields gold(I) ion, nitrogen monoxide, chromium(III) ion, water, and nitronium ion (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

Reaction of gold and chromium(III) nitrate under acidic condition
3AuGold + Cr(NO3)3Chromium(III) nitrate + 8H+Hydrogen ion
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3Au+Gold(I) ion + NONitrogen monoxide + Cr3+Chromium(III) ion + 4H2OWater + 2NO2+Nitronium ion

General equation

Reaction of hardly oxidizable species and oxidizing species under acidic condition
Hardly oxidizable speciesReducing agent + Oxidizing speciesOxidizing agent + H+Non-redox agent
ProductOxidation product + ProductReduction product + H2ONon-redox product

Oxidation state of each atom

Reaction of gold and chromium(III) nitrate under acidic condition

Reactants

Chemical formulaNameCoefficientTypeType in general
equation
AuGold3
Reducing
Hardly oxidizable
Cr(NO3)3Chromium(III) nitrate1
Oxidizing
Oxidizing under acidic condition
H+Hydrogen ion8
Hydrogen ion

Products

Chemical formulaNameCoefficientTypeType in general
equation
Au+Gold(I) ion3
Oxidized
NONitrogen monoxide1
Reduced
Cr3+Chromium(III) ion1
H2OWater4
Water
NO2+Nitronium ion2

Thermodynamic changes

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
Au (cr)0[1]0[1]47.40[1]25.418[1]
Au (g)366.1[1]326.3[1]180.503[1]20.786[1]
Cr(NO3)3 (cr)
9 hydrate
456.9[1]
H+ (g)1536.202[1]
H+ (ao)0[1]0[1]0[1]0[1]
* (cr):Crystalline solid, (g):Gas, (ao):Un-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
Au+ (g)1262.44[1]
NO (g)90.25[1]86.55[1]210.761[1]29.844[1]
Cr3+ (g)5648.4[1]
H2O (cr)
H2O (l)-285.830[1]-237.129[1]69.91[1]75.291[1]
H2O (g)-241.818[1]-228.572[1]188.825[1]33.577[1]
NO2+ (g)967.8[1]
* (g):Gas, (cr):Crystalline solid, (l):Liquid

References

List of references

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