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Alex73 [517]
3 years ago
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Hemoglobin in your blood does not use elemental iron. It uses iron in the form of Fe2+(aq).

Chemistry
1 answer:
valina [46]3 years ago
3 0

Explanation:

Balanced chemical reaction equation will be as follows.

     2Fe^{2+}(aq) + 2H^{+}(aq) \rightleftharpoons 2Fe^{3+}(aq) + H_{2}(g)

In human body, the neutral iron changes into Fe^{2+}(aq) cation. There will be an oxidation-half reaction and a reduction-half reaction. Equations for this reaction are as follows.

Oxidation: 2Fe^{2+}(aq) \rightleftharpoons 2Fe^{3+}(aq) + 2e^{-}[/tex] .... (1)

Reduction: 2H^{+}(aq) + 2e^{-} \rightleftharpoons H_{2}(g) ...... (2)

On adding both equation (1) and (2), the overall reaction equation will be as follows.

     2Fe^{2+}(aq) + 2H^{+}(aq) \rightleftharpoons 2Fe^{3+}(aq) + H_{2}(g)

Therefore, neutral iron is a part of Heme - b group of Hemoglobin and in an aqueous solution it dissolutes as a part of Heme group. Hence, then it becomes an Fe^{2+} cation.

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