Sulphide oxidation permanganates

Sulphates of the alkali and alkaline earth metals, when heated with sulphur, are converted into sulphide, polysulphide and thiosulphate, with simultaneous formation of sulphur dioxide many other sulphates, e.g. those of copper, mercury, silver and lead, yield only sulphide.7 Other salts of the metals behave in a similar- manner, undergoing transformation into sulphides, the change being effected more readily with the salts of the heavy metals, many of which indeed react slowly with sulphur even at 100° C. in the presence of water.8 At 150° to 200° C. mercuric, stannic and ferric salts in aqueous solution are quantitatively reduced by sulphur mercurous, cupric, bismuth and lead salts arc slowly but quantitatively precipitated as sulphides. Nitrates, permanganates and iodates cause oxidation of the sulphur to sulphuric acid. 

An account of a serious warehouse explosion (15 dead, 141 injured). The two principal detonations were mostly due to ammonium nitrate, of which some hundred tonnes had been present, but the initiating fire was first observed in ammonium persulfate. This had been promiscuously stored alongside potassium permanganate, matches, potassium nitrate and sodium sulphide (or possibly sulphite), inter alia. None of these would improve the safety of ammonium persulfate. It was shown that the persulphate gives an immediate exothermic reaction with the sulphide. This was ascribed as the ultimate initiation. It was concluded that oxidants and... 

Sulphides are oxidized by the permanganate-chlorotrimethylsilane system at -15°C to sulphoxides (80%) [45]. 

Add a potassium permanganate solution to one of an iron(II) salt acidified with sulphuric acid. What happens Write the equations of the reactions of an iron(II) salt with potassium permanganate and with potassium dichromate. Will an iron(ll) salt be oxidized by chlorine, bromine, and iodine water (see Appendix 1, Table 21) How do iron(II) salts react with hydrogen sulphide and ammonium sulphide ... 

Hydrogen trisulphide is much more easily combustible than the crude parent hydrogen polysulphide. Exposure to light tends to accelerate its decomposition. It slowly reduces concentrated sulphuric acid to sulphur dioxide, whilst on contact with dry silver oxide, cupric oxide, lead dioxide or mercuric oxide, it bursts into explosive combustion,2 a residue of the metallic sulphide being obtained. Many other metallic oxides and most salts bring about a less vigorous decomposition metals in the massive condition only react with it slowly. With potassium permanganate or dichromate the reaction is violent. 

In the oxidation of alkali sulphides or polysulphides by potassium permanganate solution at the ordinary temperature, trithionic acid has been found amongst the reaction products, in addition to sulphuric acid and sulphur.7... 

The oxidation may also be accomplished by means of chlorine,1 bromine 2 or iodine,3 hypochlorous acid,4 aqua regia,5 chromic acid6 or permanganic acid,6 and some metallic oxides 7 (see p. 180). Arsenic acid is also formed by decomposition of arsenic trichloride by the action of chlorine water 8 or chromic acid,9 or by the action of bromine water on arsenious sulphide.10... 

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