Aditi Chauhan
Last Activity: 10 Years ago
(i) Since the compound (A) on strong heating gives two oxides of sulphur (C and D) which might be SO2 and SO3, it must be a sulphate.
(ii) The reaction of compound (E) with thiocyanate to give blood red coloured compound (H) indicates that (E) must have Fe3+ ion.
Thus the compound (A) must be ferrous sulphate FeSO4. 7H2O, which explain all given reactions as below (Fe2+ ion of FeSO4 is changed to Fe3+ during heating).
FeSO
4 7H
2o
FeSO
4 + 7H
2O↑
Ferrous sulphate Ferrous
Sulphate
2 FeSO
4 Fe
2O
3 + SO
2 + SO
3
Ferrous Ferric (C)2 (D)3
Sulphate oxide,
(Blackish
Brown powder)
(B)
Fe2O3 + 6 HCI → 2FeCI3 + 3H2O
(B) Ferric chloride
(Yellow solution). (E)
2FeCI3 + H2S → 2FeCI2 + 2HCI + S
(E) Apple white
green (G) turbidity (F)
FeCI3 + 3NH4CNS → Fe (CNS)3 + Nh4CI
(E) Ferric thiocyanate
(blood red colour)