4 Sb + 5 O2 → 2 Sb2O5

This is an oxidation-reduction (redox) reaction:

4 Sb0 - 20 e- → 4 SbV (oxidation)

10 O0 + 20 e- → 10 O-II (reduction)

Sb is a reducing agent, O2 is an oxidizing agent.

Reactants:

  • Sb
    • Names: Antimony source: wikidata, accessed: 2019-09-07source: ICSC, accessed: 2019-09-04source: NIOSH NPG, accessed: 2019-09-02, Sb source: wikidata, accessed: 2019-09-07, Element 51 source: wikidata, accessed: 2019-09-07
    • Appearance: Silver-white lustrous hard brittle lumps or dark grey powder source: ICSC, accessed: 2019-09-04; Silver-white, lustrous, hard, brittle solid; scale-like crystals; or a dark-gray, lustrous powder. source: NIOSH NPG, accessed: 2019-09-02
  • O2
    • Names: Dioxygen source: wikidata, accessed: 2019-09-07, Oxygen source: ICSC, accessed: 2019-09-04source: wikidata, accessed: 2019-09-07, Oxygen (liquefied) source: ICSC, accessed: 2019-09-04
    • Appearance: Odourless compressed gas source: ICSC, accessed: 2019-09-04; Liquefied gas. colourless-to-blue extremely cold liquid source: ICSC, accessed: 2019-09-04

Products:

  • Sb2O5 – (dioxo-λ5-stibanyl)oxy-dioxo-λ5-stibane source: wikipedia, accessed: 2019-09-27
    • Other names: Antimony pentoxide source: wikipedia, accessed: 2019-09-27source: wikidata, accessed: 2019-09-02, Antimony(V) oxide source: wikipedia, accessed: 2019-09-27
    • Appearance: Yellow, powdery solid source: wikipedia, accessed: 2019-09-27