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2BBr3 ⚡→ 2B + 3Br2

Electrolysis of boron tribromide yields boron and bromine. 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 categories

Reaction data

Chemical equation

General equation

Electrolysis of liquid substance
LiquidSelf redox agent
ProductOxidation product + ProductReduction product

Oxidation state of each atom

Electrolysis of boron tribromide

Reactants

Chemical formulaNameCoefficientTypeType in general
equation
BBr3Boron tribromide2
Self redox agent
Liquid

Products

Chemical formulaNameCoefficientTypeType in general
equation
BBoron2
Reduced
Br2Bromine3
Oxidized

Thermodynamic changes

Changes in standard condition (1)

Electrolysis of boron tribromide
ΔrG477.0 kJ/mol
K0.27 × 10−83
pK83.57
2BBr3Liquid
2BCrystalline solid + 3Br2Liquid
Standard enthalpy
of reaction
ΔrH°
kJ · mol−1
Standard
Gibbs energy
of reaction
ΔrG°
kJ · mol−1
Standard entropy
of reaction
ΔrS°
J · K−1 · mol−1
Standard heat
capacity of reaction
at constant pressure
ΔrCp°
J · K−1 · mol−1
per 1 mol of
Equation
479.4477.09.0
per 1 mol of
239.7238.54.5
per 1 mol of
239.7238.54.5
per 1 mol of
159.8159.03.0

Changes in standard condition (2)

Electrolysis of boron tribromide
2BBr3Liquid
2BAmorphous solidx denotes undetermined zero point entropy + 3Br2Liquid
Standard enthalpy
of reaction
ΔrH°
kJ · mol−1
Standard
Gibbs energy
of reaction
ΔrG°
kJ · mol−1
Standard entropy
of reaction
ΔrS°
J · K−1 · mol−1
Standard heat
capacity of reaction
at constant pressure
ΔrCp°
J · K−1 · mol−1
per 1 mol of
Equation
487.03.8
per 1 mol of
243.51.9
per 1 mol of
243.51.9
per 1 mol of
162.31.3

Changes in aqueous solution

Electrolysis of boron tribromide
ΔrG488.8 kJ/mol
K0.23 × 10−85
pK85.63
2BBr3Liquid
2BCrystalline solid + 3Br2Un-ionized aqueous solution
Standard enthalpy
of reaction
ΔrH°
kJ · mol−1
Standard
Gibbs energy
of reaction
ΔrG°
kJ · mol−1
Standard entropy
of reaction
ΔrS°
J · K−1 · mol−1
Standard heat
capacity of reaction
at constant pressure
ΔrCp°
J · K−1 · mol−1
per 1 mol of
Equation
471.6488.8−56.2
per 1 mol of
235.8244.4−28.1
per 1 mol of
235.8244.4−28.1
per 1 mol of
157.2162.9−18.7

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
BBr3 (l)-239.7[1]-238.5[1]229.7[1]
BBr3 (g)-205.64[1]-232.50[1]324.24[1]67.78[1]
* (l):Liquid, (g):Gas

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
B (cr)0[1]0[1]5.86[1]11.09[1]
B (am)
x denotes undetermined zero point entropy
3.8[1]6.53+x[1]11.97[1]
B (g)562.7[1]518.8[1]153.45[1]20.799[1]
Br2 (cr)
Br2 (l)0[1]0[1]152.231[1]75.689[1]
Br2 (g)30.907[1]3.110[1]245.463[1]36.02[1]
Br2 (ao)-2.59[1]3.93[1]130.5[1]
* (cr):Crystalline solid, (am):Amorphous solid, (g):Gas, (l):Liquid, (ao):Un-ionized aqueous solution

References

List of references

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