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16Au + 24NaClO + 9H2O 🔥→ 6Na[AuCl4] + 5Au2O3 + 18NaOH

The reaction of gold, sodium hypochlorite, and water yields sodium tetrachloridoaurate(III), gold(III) oxide, and sodium hydroxide (Other reactions are here). This reaction is an oxidation-reduction reaction and is classified as follows:

Table of contents
  1. 1Reaction data
  2. 2Thermodynamic changes
  3. 3References
  4. 4Related reactions
  5. 5Related categories

Reaction data

Chemical equation

General equation

Reaction of hardly oxidizable species and oxidizing species under neutral condition
Hardly oxidizable speciesReducing agent + Oxidizing speciesOxidizing agent + H2ONon-redox agent
ProductOxidation product + ProductReduction product

Oxidation state of each atom

Reaction of gold and sodium hypochlorite under neutral condition

Reactants

Chemical formulaNameCoefficientTypeType in general
equation
AuGold16
Reducing
Hardly oxidizable
NaClOSodium hypochlorite24
Oxidizing
Oxidizing
H2OWater9
Water

Products

Chemical formulaNameCoefficientTypeType in general
equation
Na[AuCl4]Sodium tetrachloridoaurate(III)6
Redoxed product
Au2O3Gold(III) oxide5
Oxidized
NaOHSodium hydroxide18

Thermodynamic changes

Thermodynamic data of reactants

Chemical formulaStandard enthalpy
of formation
ΔfH°
kJ · mol−1
Standard Gibbs
energy of
formation
ΔfG°
kJ · mol−1
Standard
molar entropy
S°
J · K−1 · mol−1
Standard molar
heat capacity at
constant pressure
Cp°
J · K−1 · mol−1
Au (cr)0[1]0[1]47.40[1]25.418[1]
Au (g)366.1[1]326.3[1]180.503[1]20.786[1]
NaClO (ai)-347.3[1]-298.7[1]100[1]
H2O (cr)
H2O (l)-285.830[1]-237.129[1]69.91[1]75.291[1]
H2O (g)-241.818[1]-228.572[1]188.825[1]33.577[1]
* (cr):Crystalline solid, (g):Gas, (ai):Ionized aqueous solution, (l):Liquid

Thermodynamic data of products

Chemical formulaStandard enthalpy
of formation
ΔfH°
kJ · mol−1
Standard Gibbs
energy of
formation
ΔfG°
kJ · mol−1
Standard
molar entropy
S°
J · K−1 · mol−1
Standard molar
heat capacity at
constant pressure
Cp°
J · K−1 · mol−1
Na[AuCl4] (ai)-562.3[1]-497.04[1]325.9[1]
Au2O3
NaOH (cr)-425.609[1]-379.494[1]64.455[1]59.54[1]
NaOH (g)-207.1[1]-210.0[1]228.43[1]48.37[1]
NaOH (ai)-470.114[1]-419.150[1]48.1[1]-102.1[1]
NaOH (cr)
1 hydrate
-734.543[1]-629.338[1]99.50[1]90.17[1]
NaOH (l)
2 hydrate
-1019.076[1]-873.091[1]195.979[1]239.41[1]
NaOH (l)
3.5 hydrate
-1459.798[1]-1236.356[1]286.089[1]354.43[1]
NaOH (l)
4 hydrate
-1605.15[1]-1356.64[1]318.70[1]
NaOH (l)
5 hydrate
-1894.31[1]-1596.34[1]386.06[1]
NaOH (l)
7 hydrate
-2469.02[1]-2073.80[1]526.31[1]
* (ai):Ionized aqueous solution, (cr):Crystalline solid, (g):Gas, (l):Liquid

References

List of references

  1. 1
    Janiel J. Reed (1989)
    The NBS Tables of Chemical Thermodynamic Properties: Selected Values for Inorganic and C1 and C2 Organic Substances in SI Units
    National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)