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3HCl + CaCr2O7 + 6H+ → Ca(ClO)2 + HClO + 2Cr3+ + 4H2O

Reaction of hydrogen chloride and calcium dichromate under acidic condition

The reaction of hydrogen chloride, calcium dichromate, and hydrogen ion yields calcium hypochlorite, hypochlorous acid, chromium(III) ion, and water (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 hydrogen chloride and calcium dichromate under acidic condition

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 hydrogen chloride and calcium dichromate under acidic condition

Reactants

Chemical formulaNameCoefficientTypeType in general
equation
HClHydrogen chloride3
Reducing
Hardly oxidizable
CaCr2O7Calcium dichromate1
Oxidizing
Oxidizing under acidic condition
H+Hydrogen ion6
Hydrogen ion

Products

Chemical formulaNameCoefficientTypeType in general
equation
Ca(ClO)2Calcium hypochlorite1
Oxidized
HClOHypochlorous acid1
Oxidized
Cr3+Chromium(III) ion2
Reduced
H2OWater4
Water

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
HCl (g)-92.307[1]-95.299[1]186.908[1]29.12[1]
HCl (ai)-167.159[1]-131.228[1]56.5[1]-136.4[1]
CaCr2O7
H+ (g)1536.202[1]
H+ (ao)0[1]0[1]0[1]0[1]
* (g):Gas, (ai):Ionized aqueous solution, (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
Ca(ClO)2 (aq)-754.4[1]
HClO (g)-78.7[1]-66.1[1]236.67[1]37.15[1]
HClO (ao)-120.9[1]-79.9[1]142[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]
* (aq):Aqueous solution, (g):Gas, (ao):Un-ionized aqueous solution, (cr):Crystalline solid, (l):Liquid

References

List of references

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