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Grade 12Physical Chemistry

How to calculate valency factor of ferrous oxalate in acidic medium?

Profile image of Vaidehi yadav
7 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of jyoti bhatia
7 Years ago
The balanced chemical reaction is : 3 MnO4{-} + 24 H{+} + 5 FeC2O4 → 3 Mn{2+} + 12 H2O + 10 CO2 + 5 Fe{3+}. Since, 5 moles of FeC2O4 reacts with 3 moles of KMnO4 , therefore, 1 mole of FeC2O4 will require 3/5 mole of KMnO4. Valency factor of ferrous oxalate in acidic medium is 3.