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Experiment No 2
Experiment No 2
Experiment No 2
TITRATION
AIM: TO PREPARE 250 ml OF M/20 SOLUTION OF FERROUS AMMONIUM SULPHATE (MOHR’S SALT).
USING THIS STANDARD SOLUTION FIND OUT THE MOLARITY AND STRENGTH OF THE GIVEN KMnO 4 SOLUTION.
MATERIALS REQUIRED: TWO BEAKERS, ONE CONICAL FLASK, BURETTE, PIPETTE, MOHR’S SALT SOLUTION (FAS),
THEORY:
MOHR’S SALT (FAS) REQUIRED FOR M/20= MOLARITY X MOLECULAR MASS X VOLUME OF SOLUTION.
=4.9 g
POTASSIUM PERMAGNATE OXIDISES OXALIC ACID TO CO 2 AND FERROUS SALTS TO FERRIC SALTS IN
ACIDIC MEDIUM.
END POINT: END POINT IS INDICATED BY THE APPEARANCE OF PERMANENT PINKISH TINGE WITH THE
CHEMICAL EQUATIONS:
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2KMnO4 + 8H2SO4 +10FeSO4 (NH4)2SO4 .6H2O ------→K2SO4 + 2MnSO4 + 5Fe2(SO4)3 + 10(NH4)2SO4 + 68H2O
IONIC EQUATIONS:
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PROCEDURE:
1. RINSE THE PIPETTE WITH THE M/20 MOHR’S SALT SOLUTIONAND PIPETTE OUT 20 ML OF IT IN A WASHED
TITRATION FLASK (CONICAL FLASK).
2. RINSE AND FILL THE BUTRETTE WITH THE GIVEN KMnO4 SOLUTION.
3. ADD ONE TESTTUBE OF DILUTE H2SO4 (2M) TO THE SOLUTION IN THE TITRATION FLASK.
4. NOTE THE INITIAL READING OF THE BURETTE.
5. NOW ADD KMnO4 SOLUTION FROM THE BURETTE TILL A PERMANENT LIGHT PINK COLOUR IS OBTAINED WITH
THE LAST SINGLE DROP OF KMnO4 SOLUTION.
6. NOTE THE FINAL READING OF THE BURETTE.
7. REPEAT THE ABOVE STEPS 3-4 TIMES TO GET A SET OF 3 CONCORDANT READING.
OBSERVATIONS:
CONCORDANT VOLUME= 25 ml
CALCULATIONS:
FROM THE OVERALL BALANCED CHEMICAL EQUATION , 2 MOLES OF KMnO 4 REACTS WITH 10 MOLES OF FAS.
THEREFORE
RESULT:
PRECAUTIONS:
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NOTE : OBSERVATION TABLE AND CALCULATIONS SHOULD BE WRITTEN ON THE PLAIN SHEETS, SO HIGHLITED
WITH RED INK.