Kinetics of the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide in the presence of ethylenediaminetetraacetatocerium(IV) complex
Affiliation:
1. Comenius University in Bratislava, Department of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia;2. Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 845 36 Bratislava, Slovakia
Abstract:
The rate of reaction of [Ce(EDTA)(OH)nn−] with H2O2 in 0.10 M KNO3 solution was investigated at various temperatures. The presence of a peroxy intermediate is inferred from spectrophotometric measurements. The general rate equation,
