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John Ker
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Homework Statement
I performed a lab that has the main objective of reacting a cobalt(II) chloride solution through a series of steps to achieve the following two compounds:
Compound A - Purple - [Co(NH3)5Cl]Cl2
Compound B - Orange - [Co(NH3)6]Cl3
The only difference when performing the reaction was the addition of charcoal during the beginning, (that acts as a catalyst), the question that is brought forward is
Why does the addition of charcoal lead to the Orange results of [Co(NH3)6]Cl3 and what role does it play?
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The Attempt at a Solution
I'm really struggling to see how it affects how the solution will react? I understand it will accelerate it, but why does that lead to a completely different compound. Could it be the fact of it being Carbon have anything to do with it? Any lead would be great,
Thanks