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pl.........help required in chemisrty........?
what is the product formed when Fe2+ reacts with H+.............
(hydrogen evolution type cathodic method in electrochemical reaction)
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- Steve OLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
it sounds like you want an electrolyic cell, where DC voltage is applied,
as opposed to a galvanic cell, which is a spontaneous redox...
if not email me from my avatar
(for Fe2+ will not spontaneously react with H+ as a galvanic cell)
http://bilbo.chm.uri.edu/CHM112/tables/redpottable...
reduction: 2 H+(aq) + 2 e– ---> H2(g) Eo = 0.00
reduction: Fe2+(aq) + 2 e– ---> Fe(s) Eo = –0.440
your reduction, that requires lower voltage, will be
2 H+(aq) + 2 e– ---> H2(g) Eo = 0.00
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as for the oxidation:
reduction: Fe3+(aq) + e– ----> Fe2+(aq) Eo = 0.771
reduction: O2(g) + 4 H+ (aq) + 4 e– ---> 2 H2O(l) Eo = 1.229
gives oxidations as:
oxidation: Fe2+(aq) ---> Fe3+(aq) + e- Eo = - 0.771
oxidation: 2 H2O(l) --> O2(g) + 4 H+ (aq) + 4 e– Eo = - 1.229
your oxidatioon that has the lower voltage requirement is:
Fe2+(aq) ---> Fe3+(aq) + e- Eo = - 0.771
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your electrolytic cell would be
oxidation: Fe2+(aq) ---> Fe3+(aq) + e- Eo = - 0.771
reduction: 2 H+(aq) + 2 e– ---> H2(g) Eo = 0.00
your products would be Fe+3 & H2
p.s.
http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:6-RHfQBA...
Pt|Fe2+(aq)|Fe3+(aq)||H+(aq)|H2(g)|Pt(s) Ecellº = -0.77 V