Why is potassium permanganate acidified?
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KMnO4 is a powerful oxidising agent, which means that it undergoes reduction according to the following half reaction equation
MnO4 + 8H^+ + 5e = Mn^2+ + 4H2O
As you can see the reduction cannot take place unless H^+ is present.and the easiest way to have this, is to add acid!
It is because the manganate ions take up hydrogen atoms hence the name pH (power of hydrogen).
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