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AP EAMCET · Chemistry · Redox Reactions

In the following reactions (i) MnO2 + 4HCland (ii) 2KMnO4 + 16HCl, the number of moles of chlorine gas released respectively are

  1. A 1&4
  2. B 1&5
  3. C 2&5
  4. D 2&4
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(B) 1&5

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(i) MnO2 reacts with the four moles of hydrochloric acid and formed one mole of the MnCl2 and one mole of chlorine and two mole of water. Reaction :- MnO2 + 4HCl→MnCl2 +Cl2+2H2O (ii) Two mole of potassium permagnate reacts with the sixteen mole of…