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Chemical equation of citric acid reacts with potassium permanganate

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Citric acid (C8H8O7) turns potassium permanganate from purple to colourless and act as reducing agent while KMnO4 act as oxidizing agent. It is an redox reaction in which MnO4- is reduced to MnO2 while citric acid is oxidised to CO2.

6KMnO4 + C6H8O7 + 3H2SO4 → 6CO2 + 6MnO2 + 7H2O + 3K2SO4



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