Can you represent the reduction of tellurite ion, #TeO_3^(2-)#, to tellurium metal by the oxidation of iodide ion?
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May 15, 2017
Iodide anion is oxidized to iodine...........
Explanation:
Tellurite ion is reduced to tellurium metal...........
Mass and charge are balanced in each instance. And so we take
Which is balanced with respect to mass and charge. Whether it represents an actual chemical reaction, I don't know...........