Kinetics of KMnO4 oxidation of pectin in aqueous KCl solution via cyclic voltammetry

Document Type : Original Article

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Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt

Abstract

In the present work,The oxidation behavior of the natural polymer "pectin" was examined using potassium permanganate as a strong oxidizing agentvia cyclic voltammetryin KCl aqueous solution. A pair of waves was given, as the pectin was oxidized by the permanganate that was reduced, and upon studying a relationship between some physical parameters over time:it was found that most of the reactions follows two steps, the first step is fast, which supports the occurrence of oxidation, and the second is slow, where a complex is formed between permanganate and pectin and their data were discussed.

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