In the redox reaction: Cr2O72- + Fe2+ --> Cr3+ + Fe3+. What would the balanced reaction look like, and would CrO72- be the Reducing Agent, and Fe2+ be the Oxidizing Agent?
1 Answer
Mar 28, 2018
Dichromate is the oxidizing agent....
Explanation:
And ferrous ion is the species that is oxidized....
And we use the method of half-equations..
And we add the equations together in such a way that the electrons are eliminated...
Is this balanced with respect to mass and charge?