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It will make your head hurt.
My god does my little head hurt from reading this crap. And I just have to ask myself why? Why didn't you just close that page and move on dumbazz.
1. Write down oxidation reaction of 1 mole of Cr(NCS)6(4-)knowing that all N goes into NO3(-), all C goes into CO2, all S goes into SO4(2-) and chromium changes oxidation state to +3. Since it is acidic medium, you can put either H(+) or H2O to the left part of equation. H(+) won't help you to balance oxygens, but H2O will (do not forget to put H(+) to the right now):
Cr(NCS)6(4-)+54H2O-xe -->Cr(3+) + 6NO3(-) + 6CO2 + 6SO4(2-) + 108H(+). Now, the number x of electrons that were transfered from Cr(NCS)6(4-) can be determined if you equalize the total charge of the left and right parts of the equation:
-4-x*(-1)=3+6*(-1)+6*(-2)+108*(+1)
x=97
So, first half of the equation will look like this:
Cr(NCS)6(4-)+54H2O-97e -->Cr(3+) + 6NO3(-) + 6CO2 + 6SO4(2-) + 108H(+).
Second half is very simple: Ce(4+) +1e --> Ce(3+)
Multiply the second half by 97 and combine both halves:
Cr(NCS)6(4-)+54H2O+97Ce(4+) --> 97Ce(3+)+Cr(3+) + 6NO3(-) + 6CO2 + 6SO4(2-) + 108H(+).
This has been a public safety message from your local dumbazz Vapspaz.
It will make your head hurt.

My god does my little head hurt from reading this crap. And I just have to ask myself why? Why didn't you just close that page and move on dumbazz.

1. Write down oxidation reaction of 1 mole of Cr(NCS)6(4-)knowing that all N goes into NO3(-), all C goes into CO2, all S goes into SO4(2-) and chromium changes oxidation state to +3. Since it is acidic medium, you can put either H(+) or H2O to the left part of equation. H(+) won't help you to balance oxygens, but H2O will (do not forget to put H(+) to the right now):
Cr(NCS)6(4-)+54H2O-xe -->Cr(3+) + 6NO3(-) + 6CO2 + 6SO4(2-) + 108H(+). Now, the number x of electrons that were transfered from Cr(NCS)6(4-) can be determined if you equalize the total charge of the left and right parts of the equation:
-4-x*(-1)=3+6*(-1)+6*(-2)+108*(+1)
x=97
So, first half of the equation will look like this:
Cr(NCS)6(4-)+54H2O-97e -->Cr(3+) + 6NO3(-) + 6CO2 + 6SO4(2-) + 108H(+).
Second half is very simple: Ce(4+) +1e --> Ce(3+)
Multiply the second half by 97 and combine both halves:
Cr(NCS)6(4-)+54H2O+97Ce(4+) --> 97Ce(3+)+Cr(3+) + 6NO3(-) + 6CO2 + 6SO4(2-) + 108H(+).
This has been a public safety message from your local dumbazz Vapspaz.