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as for today I'm going to show you reactions with Iodine pentoxide
Iodine pentoxide is a white crystalline powder this iodine oxide is the anhydride
of iodic acid, when heated to 300 degrees Celsius it decomposes into
elemental iodine and oxygen
as Iodine pentoxide is the anhydride of iodic acid
it forms iodic acid when reacting with water
Iodic acid is a strong oxidizer and, like nitric acid, gives different
reduction products depending on its concentration, in this case you may see
the formation of elemental iodine
in this experiment I got carbon monoxide by a simple intermixing of high
concentration formic and sulfuric acid.
One of the key properties of iodic anhydride
is its ability to react with carbon monoxide at room temperature
forming elemental iodine that is easy to see.
That's why this property of iodine pentoxide
serves as the analytical method for carbon monoxide detection
look how carbon monoxide burns in air
but only freshly prepared iodine pentoxide can react at room temperature
If it was storage for a long time carbon monoxide may not react that easily in this case.
To start the reaction iodic anhydride needs to be reactivated
with a drop of sulfuric acid
if we stop carbon monoxide supply now elemental iodine will stop forming as well
See? Iodine is not forming anymore but if we restart the carbon monoxide supply
will see iodine forming again
The main point of this video was to show this very well-known analytic reaction
of detecting carbon monoxide in the atmosphere.
But it's Chemicalforce! So
here is the compilation of interesting chemical reactions with iodine pentoxide
you'll hardly ever see elsewhere.
Iodine pentoxide oxidizes muriatic acid to
chlorine gas forming orange tetrachloroiodic acid
Knowing how violent hydrazine anhydrous reacts with different oxidizers are,
I tried to drip some hydrazine hydrate on iodine pentoxide
this is how the concoction of aluminum powder and iodine pentoxide burns off.
To initiate the reaction of either elemental sulfur or sugar powder with iodine
pentoxide, all you need is to touch your mixture with a heated glass rod
A drop of sulfuric acid is necessary for reaction with coal or carbon
And lithium borohydride reacts while stirring
Thanks for watching, guys and sorry once again for rare releases of new videos in these latter days
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