Preparation of Inorganic Compounds x zg Syllabus {Preparation of double salt of Ferrous Ammon i mot (i Preparation of Potassium Ferric Oxalate Sa eine RIMENT F~ EXPE! 1 To Prepare a sample of ferrous ammonium sulphate (Mohr’s salt). .6H,0 which is made of two single and stable theory : Mohr’s salt is a double sal entities FeSOg7H,0 and (NH,)3S0,. alt having a formula FeSO,(NH4)2SOx. ‘Mohr’s-salt is prepared by dissolvin; ; ; . " y x 1g an equimolar mixture of hydrated ferrous sulphate and ammonium sulphate in water containing 2 little of sulphuric acid, followed by crystallization when Tight green crystals of ferrous ammonium sulphate separate oUt. FeS04. 720 4+ (NH)S0g ——> FeSOg.(NHq)2504-6H20 + HO errous sulphate mmoniam sulphate “ssalt Molar masses : "Sie me Anni sa Motes a Apparatus + Two beakers (250 mL), china dish, funnel, funnel stand, glass rod, wash-bottle, tripod stand and wire-gauze. Materials : Ferrous sulphate crystals (7.0 g) ammonium sulphate crystals (3°52) dilute sulphuric acid and ethyl alcohol. Procedure «Take 2 250 im beaker and wash it with water. Add to it 7.0 g of ferrous sulphate and 3.5 g of ammonium sulphate crystals. Add about 23 iL of dilute sulphuric acid to prevent the hydrolysis of ferrous sulphate and make a paste of it using glass rod. ther beaker for about 5 minutes to expel dissolved air. time, Stir with a glass rod until Boil about 20 mL of water in anot ‘Add the boiling hot water to the contents o' the salts completely dissolve. Filter the solution to remove insol Heat the solution in the china-dish fo Place the china-dish containing satura Mohr's salt separate out Decant off the mother liquor quickly. Was any sulphuric acid still sticking t0 the crystals. «Dry the erystals by placing them between pads of filter paper. f the first beaker in small instalments at a filtrate to a china-dish. jsation point. er, On cooling light-green crystals of Juble impurities and transfer the + sometime to concentrate it to the crystalli ited solution over a beaker full of cold wat nthe crystals in the china-dish with a small quantity of alcohol to remove Glass rod Solugion China dish Glass rod Beaker Filter paper Solution Funnel Fitrate Wire gauze ‘Tripod stand China dish ‘Burner Filtration of the solution Concentration of the solution