lacrima97
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Mg displacing K
How is Mg going to displace K? I don't understand this.
http://www.destructve.com/bromicacid/experiments/december200...
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This not aqueous chemistry. MgO is a much stabler compound than KOH and H2 is the driving force. Calculate the G value for this.
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Indeed, you need to consider all aspects of the reaction. Remember that in Victorian times, sodium and potassium were made by heating the carbonates
mixed with carbon or iron to a high temperature.
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