Theory- titration of mohr’s salt kmno4 is redox titration where kmno4 acts as an oxiding agent

and mohr salt (feso4.(nh4)2.so4.6h2O) act as a reducing agent.

Oxidation half reaction – [Fe2+ → Fe3+ – e–] x 5
Reduction half reaction – MnO4– + 8H+ + 5e– → Mn2+ + 4H2O
Overall ionic equation – MnO4– + 8H+ + 5Fe2+ → Mn2+ + 5Fe3+ + 4H2O
Mno4- reduces to mn+2 which appears to be colourless in dilute soln.therefore, where the reacn
b/w mno4- and fe+2 is completed (end pt), the soln becomes light pink (due to unreacted mno4-
, which appears pink in dilute soln.
Indicator used = kmon4 as self inductor
End point = cooulress to pik
Calculation:
Weight of mohrs salt required to prepare 100ml ofsoln of 1/50 molairt
Molarity = w/m.m x 1000/vml
5 x Mkmno4 x vkmno4 = Mmohr’s salt x Vmoh’rs salt
STRENGTH of kmno4 = molar mass x molarity
Observation:
S no. initueal reading of burette in ml final volum of kmo4 used in ml
Result:1 moalrity of kmno4 soln is
2Strength of kmno4 soln is
Precaution: 1kmo4 if always taken in burette.
2Read the upper meniscus of buerette as it is coloured
3Kmno4 should not be added at fast speed to prevent the formation of brown ppt of hydrated
mno2
To determine the concentration/molarity of KMnO4 solution by titrating it against
a 0.1 M standard solution of oxalic acid.
Theory
In the present experiment, potassium permanganate acts as a powerful
oxidising agent. Although KMnO4 acts as an oxidising agent in alkaline medium
also, for quantitative analysis mostly acidic medium is used. The oxidising
action of KMnO4 in the acidic medium can be represented by the following
equation:
MnO4
– + 8H+ +5e– Mn2+ + 4H2O
The acid used in this titration is dilute sulphuric acid. Nitric acid is not used
as it is itself an oxidising agent and hydrochloric acid is usually avoided because
it reacts with KMnO4 according to the equation given below to produce chlorine
and chlorine which is also an oxidising agent in the aqueous solution.
2KMnO4 + 16 HCl 2KCl + 2 MnCl2 + 5Cl2 + 8 H2O
Reactions of oxalic acid
A. Chemical equations
Reduction half reaction : 2KMnO4 + 3H2SO4 K2SO4 + 2MnSO4 + 3H2O + 5 [O]
Oxidation half reaction : 60°C
2 2 4 2 2 H C O + [O] 2CO + H O] × 5
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2KMnO4 + 3H2SO4 + 5H2C2O4 K2SO4 + 2MnSO4 + 8H2O + 10 CO2
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B. Ionic equation
Reduction half reaction : MnO4
– + 5e– + 8H+ Mn2+ + 4H2O] × 2
Oxidation half reaction : C2O4
– 2CO2 + 2e– ] × 5
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2 MnO4
– + 5C2O4
2– + 16H+ 2Mn2+ + 10CO2 + 8H2O
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In these equations, MnO4
– is reduced to Mn2+ and C2O4
2– is
oxidised to CO2. The oxidation number of carbon in C2O4
2– changes
from +3 to +4.
Calculations
(i) The strength of the unknown solution in terms of molarity
may be determined by the following equation.
a1M1V1 = a 2 M2 V2 (6.1)
For oxalic acid vs potassium permanganate titration:
a1 = 2, (the number of electrons lost per formula unit of
oxalic acid in a balanced equation of half cell reaction)
a2 = 5, (the number of electrons gained per formula unit
of potassium permanganate in the balanced equation
of half cell reaction)
M1 and M2 are the molarities of oxalic acid and potassium
permanganate solutions used in the titration.
V1 and V2 are the volumes of oxalic acid and potassium
permanganate solutions.
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On putting the value of a1 and a2 in equation 6.1 we get
Oxalic acid KMnO4
2M1V1 = 5M2V2
11
2
2
2M
M=
5
V
V
(6.2)
We can calculate the molarity of potassium permanganate
solution by using equation 6.2. Strength of the solution is given by
the following equation:
Strength = Molarity × Molar mass
Result
(i) Molarity of KMnO4 solution is _______.
(ii) Strength of KMnO4 solution is _______.