In neutral or faintly alkaline solution, 8 moles of permanganate anion quantitatively oxidize thiosulphate anions to produce moles of a sulphur containing product. The magnitude of is
Answer: 6
Solution
In neutral or faintly alkaline medium, is reduced to (3-electron reduction per Mn). Thiosulphate is oxidized to sulphate (8-electron oxidation per , as each S goes from +2 to +6). Balancing: . Thus, 8 moles of produce 6 moles of .
JEE Advanced · 2016 · 22 May 2016 · Paper 1 · Integer answer