Potassium bromate, decomposition

See entry THERMOCHEMISTRY AND EXOTHERMIC decomposition (reference 2) Potassium bromate... 

The vanadium(V) oxidation of the sulfide PhCH=CHSPh has been studied in aqueous acetic acid containing perchloric acid. The reaction is first order in vanadiiun(V) and fractional order in sulfide. An intermediate complex of vanadium and the sulfide forms and its decomposition is the slow step of the reaction.181 Two Indian groups have reported on the use of ruthenium(VI) and ruthenium(III).182 183 The kinetics and mechanism of the oxidation of diethylene glycol by aqueous alkaline potassium bromate in the presence of Ru(VI)182 and the Ru(III)-catalysed oxidation of aliphatic alcohols by trichloroisocyanuric acid183 have been examined. 

Pure potassium perbromate is stable up to 275°, at which temperature it decomposes to potassium bromate. The impure product may undergo partial decomposition at lower temperatures. 

In fused sodium nitrate-potassium nitrate, decomposition of chlorate and bromate is thought to occur through acid-base reactions fundamentally similar to some which have been proposed for aqueous solutions . The acid used was dichromate and the processes appear to involve the net reaction... 

Unexpectedly we find that the bromate(V) ion in acid solution (i.e. effectively bromic(V) acid) is a more powerful oxidising agent than the chlorate(V) ion, CIO3. The halates(V) are thermally unstable and can evolve oxygen as one of the decomposition products. Potassium chlorate(V), when heated, first melts, then resolidifies due to the formation of potassium chlorate(VII) (perchlorate) ... 

Potassium iodate [7758-05-6] KIO, mol wt 214.02, 59.30% I, forms white, odorless crystals or a crystalline powder. It has a density 3.98 g/mL and mp of 560°C with partial decomposition. Potassium iodate is rapidly formed when potassium iodide is fused with potassium chlorate, bromate, or perchlorate. The solubihty in water is 9.16 g/100 g H2O at 25°C and 32.2 g/100 g H2O at 100°C. KIO is extensively used as an oxidizing agent in analytical chemistry and as amaturing agent and dough conditioner (see Bakery processes and leavening agents). 

The synthesis of HBr04 and rubidium and potassium salts was accomplished, using oxidation of bromate by XeF2 or (preferably) molecular fluorine in aqueous solution.19 Spectral studies20 show that the perbromate ion is tetrahedral in both the solid-state and aqueous solutions. The thermodynamic properties and thermal decomposition of individual salts are discussed under each element. A more general article on various properties of the perbromates was published by Herrell and Gayer.21... 

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