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8Hg + KMnO4 + 8H+ 🔥→ 4Hg22+ + Mn3+ + K+ + 4H2O

Reaction of mercury and potassium permanganate under acidic condition
8HgMercury + KMnO4Potassium permanganate + 8H+Hydrogen ion
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4Hg22+Dimercury(I) ion + Mn3+Manganese(III) ion + K+Potassium ion + 4H2OWater

The reaction of mercury, potassium permanganate, and hydrogen ion yields dimercury(I) ion, manganese(III) ion, potassium 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 mercury and potassium permanganate under acidic condition
8HgMercury + KMnO4Potassium permanganate + 8H+Hydrogen ion
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4Hg22+Dimercury(I) ion + Mn3+Manganese(III) ion + K+Potassium ion + 4H2OWater

General equation

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

Oxidation state of each atom

Reaction of mercury and potassium permanganate under acidic condition

Reactants

Chemical formulaNameCoefficientTypeType in general
equation
HgMercury8
Reducing
Oxidizable
KMnO4Potassium permanganate1
Oxidizing
Oxidizing under acidic condition
H+Hydrogen ion8
Hydrogen ion

Products

Chemical formulaNameCoefficientTypeType in general
equation
Hg22+Dimercury(I) ion4
Oxidized
Mn3+Manganese(III) ion1
Reduced
K+Potassium ion1
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
Hg (cr)
Hg (l)0[1]0[1]76.02[1]27.983[1]
Hg (g)61.317[1]31.820[1]174.96[1]20.786[1]
Hg (ao)37.7[1]39.3[1]71[1]
KMnO4 (cr)-837.2[1]-737.6[1]171.71[1]117.57[1]
KMnO4 (ai)-793.8[1]-730.5[1]293.7[1]-60.2[1]
H+ (g)1536.202[1]
H+ (ao)0[1]0[1]0[1]0[1]
* (cr):Crystalline solid, (l):Liquid, (g):Gas, (ao):Un-ionized aqueous solution, (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
Hg22+ (ao)172.4[1]153.52[1]84.5[1]
Mn3+ (g)5776.4[1]
K+ (g)514.26[1]
K+ (ao)-252.38[1]-283.27[1]102.5[1]21.8[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]
* (ao):Un-ionized aqueous solution, (g):Gas, (cr):Crystalline solid, (l):Liquid

References

List of references

  1. 1
    Janiel J. Reed (1989)
    The NBS Tables of Chemical Thermodynamic Properties: Selected Values for Inorganic and C1 and C2 Organic Substances in SI Units
    National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)