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Kinetic data for the colloidal MnO2–thiourea redox system are reported for the first time. The reduction of water-soluble colloidal MnO2 by thiourea (sulfur containing reductant) in aqueous perchloric acid medium has shown that it proceeds in two stages, i.e., a fast stage followed by a relatively slow second stage. The log (absorbance) versus time plot deviates from linearity. The kinetics of both the stages was investigated spectrophotometrically. The first-order kinetics with respect to [thiourea] at low concentration shifts to zero-order at higher concentration. The reaction rate increases with [HClO4] and the kinetics reveals complex order dependence in [HClO4]. Addition of P2O 4−7 and F− in the form of Na4P2O7 and NaF, respectively, has inhibitory effect on the reaction rate. The reaction proceeds through the fast adsorption of thiourea on the surface of the colloidal MnO2. A mechanism involving the protonated thiourea as the reactive reductant species is proposed. The observed results are discussed in terms of Michaelis–Menten/Langmuir–Hinshelwood model. From the observed kinetic data, colloidal MnO2–thiourea adsorption constant (K ad1) and rate constant (k 1) were calculated to be 1.25×1010 mol−1 dm3 and 3.1×10−4 s−1, respectively. The variation of temperature does not have any effect on the reaction rate.
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Andrabi, S.M.Z., Khan, Z. Reduction of water-soluble colloidal manganese dioxide by thiourea: a kinetic and mechanistic study. Colloid Polym Sci 284, 36–43 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-005-1328-z
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