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Mechanism of the blue bottle experiment

I have researched multiple mechanisms for this experiment yet all of them suggest different versions or are too vague. None of them are consistent since the final overall equation seems to be missing ...
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2 answers
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Can a weak acid react to give a stronger acid? [closed]

I was trying to understand why $\ce{AgCl}$ does not dissolve in $\ce{HNO3}$ and the reaction I could think of was something like this: $$\ce{AgCl + HNO3->AgNO3 + HCl}$$ I could not understand why ...
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Order of adding reactants on growth of Cu

I am reading the following paper which details the steps to control growth of Copper. They fabricate Copper powders from $\ce{CuNO3, NaOH, and C6H8O6}$. Specifically, in this paper they add the sodium ...
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Can an iodine clock reaction work without using a strong acid?

I'm going to do an iodine clock reaction for a project and we had to submit the materials and safety sheets for the experiment a while ago. I thought I could do one by using hydrogen peroxide, sodium ...
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4 votes
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dissociation of aluminum sulfate in water

I had a question as to what happens when aluminum sulfate is placed into water. After conducting research online, I got varied answers: some say that it dissociates into Al$^{3+}$ and SO$_4$$^{2-}$ ...
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