Reactions with water
SnO2(s) + 2H2(g)Reactions with airSnO2(g)|
Compounds | Reactions | Production
|
| Reactions of Tin |
| Reactions with water |
| It is stable to water under ambient conditions but on heating with steam, tin reacts with water to from tin dioxide and hydrogen. |
| Sn(s) + 2H2O(g)SnO2(s) + 2H2(g) |
| Reactions with air |
| It is stable in air under ambient conditions but on heating in air or oxygen, tin reacts with oxygen to from tin dioxide. |
| Sn(s) + O2(g)SnO2(g) |
| Reduction Potentials | |
| Balanced half-reaction | E0 / V |
Sn4+ + 2e- Sn2+ |
+0.154 |
| Sn4+ + 2e-Sn2+ |
+0.14 |
| Sn4+ + 4e-Sn(s) |
+0.01 |
| Sn2+ + 2e-Sn(s) |
-0.136 |
| Sn2+ + 2e-Sn(s) |
-0.16 |
| SnO32- + 3H+ + 2e-HSnO2- + H2O
|
+0.374 |
| SnO32- + 6H+ + 2e-Sn2+ + 3H2O
|
+0.844 |
| HSnO2- + 3H+ + 2e-Sn(s) + 2H2O
|
+0.333 |
| Sn(s) + 4H+ + 4e-SnH4(g) |
-1.074 |