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Grade 12th passPhysical Chemistry

What are convex and concave curve for manganese frost diagram?

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7 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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7 Years ago
The experiment is used to determine whether for a particular oxidation number if the element undergoes disproportionation or comproportionation. When the graph is concave it undergoes disproportionation and if it is on the convex side it undergoes comproportionation. It is important to remember that the process changes into adjacent oxidation states.