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 Post subject: Chromium Oxide plus Potassium Hydroxide
PostPosted: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:51:35 UTC 
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I am attempting to balance an equation and am having no luck. Could you help please?
Chromium Oxide added to Potassium Hydroxide to obtain the salt.

My attempt:

CrO3 + KOH = Cr(OH)3 + K2O

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 Post subject: Re: Chromium Oxide plus Potassium Hydroxide
PostPosted: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:18:02 UTC 
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Sandi wrote:
I am attempting to balance an equation and am having no luck. Could you help please?
Chromium Oxide added to Potassium Hydroxide to obtain the salt.

My attempt:

CrO3 + KOH = Cr(OH)3 + K2O

Thanks
Sandi


Check the formula for chromium oxide.

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\begin{aligned} Spin(1)&=O(1)=\mathbb{Z}/2&\quad&\text{and}\\ Spin(2)&=U(1)=SO(2)&&\text{are obvious}\\ Spin(3)&=Sp(1)=SU(2)&&\text{by }q\mapsto(\mathop{\mathrm{Im}}\mathbb{H}\ni p\mapsto qp\bar{q})\\ Spin(4)&=Sp(1)\times Sp(1)&&\text{by }(q_1,q_2)\mapsto(\mathbb{H}\ni p\mapsto q_1p\bar{q_2})\\ Spin(5)&=Sp(2)&&\text{by }\mathbb{HP}^1\cong S^4_{round}\hookrightarrow\mathbb{R}^5\\ Spin(6)&=SU(4)&&\text{by the irrep }\Lambda_+\mathbb{C}^4 \end{aligned}
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 Post subject: Re: Chromium Oxide plus Potassium Hydroxide
PostPosted: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:47:06 UTC 
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Hi Moderator,
My formula for Chromium Oxide is given as Cr (VI) O3.

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 Post subject: Re: Chromium Oxide plus Potassium Hydroxide
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Sandi wrote:
Hi Moderator,
My formula for Chromium Oxide is given as Cr (VI) O3.

Sandi


There is no redox here, so if you start with chromium(VI) you will be left with chromium(VI), not chromium(III).

Actually, you will probably be left with potassium chromate(VI)/dichromate(VI), depending on how much potassium hydroxide you start with.

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\begin{aligned} Spin(1)&=O(1)=\mathbb{Z}/2&\quad&\text{and}\\ Spin(2)&=U(1)=SO(2)&&\text{are obvious}\\ Spin(3)&=Sp(1)=SU(2)&&\text{by }q\mapsto(\mathop{\mathrm{Im}}\mathbb{H}\ni p\mapsto qp\bar{q})\\ Spin(4)&=Sp(1)\times Sp(1)&&\text{by }(q_1,q_2)\mapsto(\mathbb{H}\ni p\mapsto q_1p\bar{q_2})\\ Spin(5)&=Sp(2)&&\text{by }\mathbb{HP}^1\cong S^4_{round}\hookrightarrow\mathbb{R}^5\\ Spin(6)&=SU(4)&&\text{by the irrep }\Lambda_+\mathbb{C}^4 \end{aligned}
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 Post subject: Re: Chromium Oxide plus Potassium Hydroxide
PostPosted: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 19:23:59 UTC 
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I am attempting to balance an equation and am having no luck. Could you help please?
Chromium Oxide added to Potassium Hydroxide to obtain the salt.

My attempt:

CrO3 + KOH = Cr(OH)3 + K2O


According to the link below

equation CrO3+KOH=Cr(OH)3+K2O is an impossible reaction

http://www.webqc.org/balance.php?reacti ... KCrO4%2BH2
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 Post subject: Re: Chromium Oxide plus Potassium Hydroxide
PostPosted: Sat, 26 Nov 2011 14:40:47 UTC 
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Thank you for your help.
I think now that it may have been a typo. in the question.

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 Post subject: Re: Chromium Oxide plus Potassium Hydroxide
PostPosted: Sat, 26 Nov 2011 15:59:35 UTC 
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Sandi wrote:
Thank you for your help.
I think now that it may have been a typo. in the question.

Sandi


There is no typo in the question. You need to be able to recognise what "the salt" is, and it certainly isn't the alkali chromium(III) hydroxide.

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\begin{aligned} Spin(1)&=O(1)=\mathbb{Z}/2&\quad&\text{and}\\ Spin(2)&=U(1)=SO(2)&&\text{are obvious}\\ Spin(3)&=Sp(1)=SU(2)&&\text{by }q\mapsto(\mathop{\mathrm{Im}}\mathbb{H}\ni p\mapsto qp\bar{q})\\ Spin(4)&=Sp(1)\times Sp(1)&&\text{by }(q_1,q_2)\mapsto(\mathbb{H}\ni p\mapsto q_1p\bar{q_2})\\ Spin(5)&=Sp(2)&&\text{by }\mathbb{HP}^1\cong S^4_{round}\hookrightarrow\mathbb{R}^5\\ Spin(6)&=SU(4)&&\text{by the irrep }\Lambda_+\mathbb{C}^4 \end{aligned}
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