I'm working on a book project and would like a little clarification on the interactions between hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and ozone (O3).
I'm well aware that H2S + O3 = H2O + SO2.
However, I ran across a 1985 publication ("Ozone" by Horvath, Bilitzky, and Huttner) that has the following paragraph, in addition to the above equation:
I take this to mean that, when H2S and O3 are combined in a liquid (?) they yield H2O + S + O2? I can't find any reference online to this equation at all.In aqueous medium, H2S is oxidized to sulphur [sic] in the first step and directly to sulphuric [sic] acid in the second:
H2S + O3 = H2O + S + O2
3H2S + 4O3 = 3H2SO4
Any help is appreciated—my knowledge of chemistry is minimal, but I feel as though this specific equation may be of importance to my book!
Thanks all!
My chemistry background is weak.