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why is H2O2 added to the precipitate of Fe(OH)3 and Cr(OH)3?
If is added in the
mixture of precipitate of
and
then in the presence of hydrogen peroxide 3%
,
will be
converted into chromate ion
by an
oxidation-reduction reaction and goes into solution, by leaving the
.
The chemical reaction can be written as
The presence of
can be confirmed by adding of
to form
which is yellow precipitate and
can be confirmed by adding of HCl or potassium thiocyanate KSCN
.
Hence it can be concluded that
is added to
and
to separate
the ions.