Experiment 4.vanadium.lecture.S12

• cours magistral - matière potentielle : experiment

1 Lecture Experiment 4 Separation of the Oxidation States of Vanadium The objectives of this experiment, as stated on slide 1 of the slides, is 1) to make complexes of the multiple oxidation states of vanadium, and 2) to separate those complexes via ion exchange chromatography. Why should we want to access multiple oxidation states of an inorganic element? The transition metals' characteristic chemistry arises from their multiple oxidation states. No other group of elements displays so many stable oxidation states, and no other group can change easily from one oxidation state to another, as transition metals can.

• vanadium complexes
• vanadium
• permanganate ion
• oxidation states
• oxidation state
• complex
• o2
• transition metals