This compound and hydrogen peroxide form the strongly oxidizing piranha solution.
This compound and hydrogen peroxide form the strongly oxidizing piranha solution. In the first step of one of the most efficient ways to evolve hydrogen gas from water, this compound is produced alongside hydrogen iodide; that is the Bunsen reaction. A mixture of this compound and formaldehyde composes the Marquis reagent, which is used to detect ecstasy. This compound is combined with zinc in James Marsh's test for arsenic. Chromium trioxide in a solution of acetone and this compound oxidizes alcohols in the Jones reaction. Peregrine Phillips used a vanadium oxide catalyst to produce oleum, which is dissolved in water to create a diluted form of this substance at the end of the contact process. For 10 points, name this strong acid with formula H2SO4.
This compound and hydrogen peroxide form the strongly oxidizing piranha solution.
sulfuric acid [accept H2SO4 before mention, accept oil of vitriol]