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6Au + 4KClO3 + 19H+ 🔥→ AuCl3 + 5Au3+ + 4K+ + HClO3 + 9H2O

Reaction of gold and potassium chlorate under acidic condition
6AuGold + 4KClO3Potassium chlorate + 19H+Hydrogen ion
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AuCl3Gold(III) chloride + 5Au3+Gold(III) ion + 4K+Potassium ion + HClO3Chloric acid + 9H2OWater

The reaction of gold, potassium chlorate, and hydrogen ion yields gold(III) chloride, gold(III) ion, potassium ion, chloric acid, 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 gold and potassium chlorate under acidic condition
6AuGold + 4KClO3Potassium chlorate + 19H+Hydrogen ion
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AuCl3Gold(III) chloride + 5Au3+Gold(III) ion + 4K+Potassium ion + HClO3Chloric acid + 9H2OWater

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 potassium chlorate under acidic condition

Reactants

Chemical formulaNameCoefficientTypeType in general
equation
AuGold6
Reducing
Hardly oxidizable
KClO3Potassium chlorate4
Oxidizing
Oxidizing under acidic condition
H+Hydrogen ion19
Hydrogen ion

Products

Chemical formulaNameCoefficientTypeType in general
equation
AuCl3Gold(III) chloride1
Redoxed product
Au3+Gold(III) ion5
Oxidized
K+Potassium ion4
HClO3Chloric acid1
H2OWater9
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
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]
KClO3 (cr)-397.73[1]-296.25[1]143.1[1]100.25[1]
KClO3 (ai)-356.35[1]-291.22[1]264.8[1]
H+ (g)1536.202[1]
H+ (ao)0[1]0[1]0[1]0[1]
* (cr):Crystalline solid, (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
AuCl3 (cr)-117.6[1]
AuCl3 (cr)
2 hydrate
-715.0[1]
Au3+
K+ (g)514.26[1]
K+ (ao)-252.38[1]-283.27[1]102.5[1]21.8[1]
HClO3 (ai)-103.97[1]-7.95[1]162.3[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]
* (cr):Crystalline solid, (g):Gas, (ao):Un-ionized aqueous solution, (ai):Ionized aqueous solution, (l):Liquid

References

List of references

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