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JeffEvarts
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In the late 19th early 20th century, sulfuric acid production was a huge deal, and even today, conversion of SO2 to SO3 (contact process) is something that people take great pains to optimize.
But I also see references here on physics forums as well as elsewhere which assert that sulfur dioxide and water will reduce elemental iodine. This seems (to me) like a weak acid producing a stronger one, so my intuition says that this runs the other way. Likewise, if SO2 and water reduced iodine and produced sulfuric acid, the contact process (and the Glover tower before it) would have been pointless.
What am I missing?
-Jeff
But I also see references here on physics forums as well as elsewhere which assert that sulfur dioxide and water will reduce elemental iodine. This seems (to me) like a weak acid producing a stronger one, so my intuition says that this runs the other way. Likewise, if SO2 and water reduced iodine and produced sulfuric acid, the contact process (and the Glover tower before it) would have been pointless.
What am I missing?
-Jeff