This chemistry lab experiment determines the percentage of iron in an unknown compound through redox titration. Potassium permanganate is used as the titrant to oxidize iron(II) to iron(III) in an acidic solution. By calculating the moles of permanganate used and applying the stoichiometry of the reaction, the moles of iron can be found. This allows the mass of iron and percentage of iron in the original sample to be calculated. The objective is to use this method to find the percent iron in an iron(II) compound.
This chemistry lab experiment determines the percentage of iron in an unknown compound through redox titration. Potassium permanganate is used as the titrant to oxidize iron(II) to iron(III) in an acidic solution. By calculating the moles of permanganate used and applying the stoichiometry of the reaction, the moles of iron can be found. This allows the mass of iron and percentage of iron in the original sample to be calculated. The objective is to use this method to find the percent iron in an iron(II) compound.
This chemistry lab experiment determines the percentage of iron in an unknown compound through redox titration. Potassium permanganate is used as the titrant to oxidize iron(II) to iron(III) in an acidic solution. By calculating the moles of permanganate used and applying the stoichiometry of the reaction, the moles of iron can be found. This allows the mass of iron and percentage of iron in the original sample to be calculated. The objective is to use this method to find the percent iron in an iron(II) compound.
Determination of Iron Percentage by Redox Titration
Pre-Lab Discussion Titration can be a useful method for analyzing redox reactions. An oxidation-reduction redox! reaction is one "here electrons are transferred from a reducing agent to an oxidizing agent. The math for a redox titration "or#s $ust li#e an acid-base titration. Assuming a one-to-one stoichiometry% the number of moles of oxidizing agent "ill e&ual the number of moles of reducing agent. That allo"s us to use the same titration e&uation% '()( * '+)+ If the stoichiometric ratio is not one-to-one% "e need to ad$ust the e&uation $ust li#e "e did for ,oly,rotic acids. The ,ermanganate 'n-. -! ion is often used in redox titrations because it is a strong oxidizing agent and it has a bright ,ur,le color. If a solution containing ,ermanganate is titrated into an analyte% the ,ur,le color "ill disa,,ear as the ,ermanganate oxidizes the analyte and is reacted a"ay. /e #no" the reaction is com,lete "hen the ,ur,le color ,ersists in the solution. Thus% the ,ermanganate ion is a self-indicator0 that is% it acts as its o"n indicator. In this lab% "e "ill use ,otassium ,ermanganate to oxidize the iron II! ion to iron III!. The reaction must occur in acidic solution to ,re1ent the unstable 2e +3 ion from oxidizing "ith the air. Thus% "e "ill add sulfuric acid to the solution before titrating. Also% the addition of ,hos,horic acid "ill ,re1ent the a,,earance of the yello" color of 2e 43 ions "hich "ould other"ise ma#e it difficult to see the ,ermanganate color. 5sing the result of the titration% "e can determine the moles of 2e in the analyte% con1ert to grams% and find the ,ercent 2e for the sam,le. -b$ecti1e The ob$ecti1e of this lab is to find the ,ercent iron in an iron II! com,ound. 'ethodology (. 'ass out roughly (.66 g of an iron II! com,ound and add it to an 7rlenmeyer flas#. +. 5se a 1olumetric flas# to ma#e a 6.(66 ' solution of 8'n-.. 4. Clean a buret and fill it "ith your 8'n-. solution. .. Dissol1e the iron com,ound in 96 mL of ( ' :+;-.. 9. Immediately titrate the 8'n-. into the solution. /hen a light yello" color de1elo,s in the solution% add 4.6 mL of :4P-. and continue titrating. ( Chemistry Lab Determination of Iron Percentage by Redox Titration <. Titrate until the ,ur,le color of the ,ermanganate solution ,ersists. =. If time ,ermits% re,eat the ex,eriment and a1erage your results. Analysis 2irst calculate the number of moles of 8'n-. titrated "ith the e&uation n * ') "here ' is the 'olarity of the solution and ) is the 1olume in liters that "ere used. In this reaction% the stoichiometric ratio is 9>(0 that is% 9 mol of 2e +3 react for e1ery ( mol of 'n-. - . To get the moles of iron% "e need to multi,ly the abo1e result by fi1e. If "e then multi,ly the moles by the atomic mass of iron% "e can find the mass of iron in that "as in the sam,le> m * n' The ,ercent iron is then found by di1iding the mass of iron by the mass of the original sam,le and multi,lying by (66. If you ran more than one trial% a1erage the ,ercentage results. If you #no" the identity of the iron com,ound% com,ute the theoretical 1alue for the ,ercent of iron and find your relati1e error. +