KMnO 4 is titrated with ferrous ammonium sulphate hexahydrate in presence of dilute H 2 SO 4 . Number of…

KMnO4 is titrated with ferrous ammonium sulphate hexahydrate in presence of dilute H2SO4. Number of water molecules produced for 2 molecules of KMnO4 is _______

Solution

By balancing redox reaction:

10[FeSO4.(NH4)2SO4.6H2O]+2KMNO4+8H2SO45Fe2(SO4)3+2MnSO4+10(NH4)2SO4+K2SO4+68H2O

8H++MnO4-+5Fe+25Fe+3+Mn+2+4H2O

For 2 moles of MnO4-, 8 moles of H2O. are released 5 moles of Mohr's salt contain 30 moles of H2O. So, 10 moles of Mohr's salt contain 60 moles of H2O So, total moles of H2O produced=68

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