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Why larger amount of H2SO4 is used in the assay of H2O2?


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This is because Hydrogen peroxide must be acidic, thereby making hydrogen ions taking part in the reaction which act as reactant. It is important also to use H2SO4 because permanganate is a strong oxidizing agent and it cannot oxidize sulphuric acid if enough is added but it can oxidize chloride ions to chlorine if hydrochloric acid is used.

Step-by-step explanation:

Hydrogen peroxide is used as a chemical agents in cleaning processes for chemical industries and semiconductor plants. In the hydrogen peroxide assay, sulphuric acid is used and the reaction is an exothermic reaction. This produce strong peroxysulphuric acid

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