Chemistry Practical 1

Experiment No: 01
Aim of the experiment:
To prepare M/20 or 0.05 M ferrous ammonium sulphate (Mohr’s salt) and
to find out the molarity and strength of the given KMnO4 solution.

Chemicals required:
4N H 2 SO4 , Mohr’s salt, distilled water, KMnO4 solution.

Apparatus required:
Beaker, funnel, test tube, filter paper, glass rod, measuring flask (250
mL), titrating flask, watch glass, wash bottle etc.

Theory:
Molecular mass of Mohr’s salt, FeSO4 .( NH4 )2 SO4 .6H2O = 392u
Gram molecular mass of Mohr’s salt is 392 g.
Hence, for preparing 1000 mL of 1M Mohr’s salt solution, Mohr’s salt
requires = 392g
 For preparing 250 mL of 1M Mohr’s salt solution, Mohr’s salt requires
392
= = 98 g
4
 For preparing 250 mL of M 20 Mohr’s salt solution, Mohr’s salt requires
98
= = 4.9 g
20
Chemical Equation:
1. Molecular equation:
2KMnO4 + 3H 2 SO4 → K2 SO4 + 2MnSO4 + 3H 2O + 5[O]
2FeSO4 .( NH 4 )2 SO4 .6H 2O + H 2 SO4 + [O] → Fe2 (SO4 )3 + 2( NH 4 )2 SO4 + 13H 2O]  5

2KMnO4 + 8H 2 SO4 + 10FeSO4 .( NH 4 )2 SO4 .6H 2O → K2 SO4 + 2MnSO4 + 5Fe2 (SO4 )3 + 10( NH 4 )2 SO4 + 68H 2O

2. Ionic Equation:
MnO4− + 8 H + + 5e − → Mn 2+ + 4 H 2O
Fe2+ → Fe3+ + e− ]  5
MnO4− + 8 H + + 5 Fe 2+ → 5 Fe3+ + Mn 2+ + 4 H 2O

Indicator:
KMnO4 is a self-indicator.

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End Point:
Colourless to permanent light pink colour.

Procedure For Solution Preparation:

1) 4.9 g of Mohr’s salt crystals is weighed on a watch glass.
2) The weighed Mohr’s salt is transferred carefully from the watch glass
into a clean 250 mL beaker. 5 mL of conc. H 2 SO4 is added to this beaker
to check the hydrolysis of ferrous sulphate.
3) The watch glass is washed thoroughly with distilled water and transferred
the sticking salt completely into the beaker. The salt is dissolved in the
beaker with gentle stirring.
4) The entire solution is transferred carefully into the 250 mL measuring
flask through a funnel.
5) The beaker is washed with distilled water and transferred the washings
into the measuring flask.
6) Enough distilled water is added to the measuring flask carefully up to just
below the etched mark on its neck with the help of wash bottle.
7) Last few drops of distilled water are added very carefully until the lower
level of the meniscus just touches the mark on the measuring flask.
8) The solution is shaken carefully to get a homogeneous solution.
Procedure For Titration:
1) The 10 mL pipette is cleaned and rinsed with Mohr’s salt solution.
2) 10 mL Mohr’s salt solution is pipetted out in a washed titration flask.
3) The burette is cleaned and rinsed with the given KMnO4 solution and then
filled with the given KMnO4 solution.
4) One test tube full of dil. sulphuric acid (4N) is added to the solution in
the titration flask.
5) The initial burette reading is noted down.
6) Now KMnO4 solution from the burette is added till a permanent light pink
colour is imparted to the solution in the titration flask on addition of a last
single drop of KMnO4 solution.
7) The final reading of the burette is noted down.
8) The above steps are repeated 4-5 times to get three concordant readings.

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Tabulation:

Volume of
Initial
Mohr’s salt Final burette
Expt. No burette Difference
solution in reading
reading
mL
1 10 mL 0.1 10.3 10.2 (Rough)
2 10 mL 10.3 20.4 10.1
3 10 mL 20.4 30.5 10.1 concordant
4 10 mL 30.5 40.6 10.1
Concordant volume = 10.1 mL
Calculation:
a) Molarity of KMnO4 solution:
From overall balanced chemical equation, it is clear that 2 moles of
KMnO4 reacts with 10 moles of Mohr’s salt.
𝑀𝐾𝑀𝑛𝑂4 × 𝑉𝐾𝑀𝑛𝑂4 𝑀𝑀𝑜ℎ𝑟 ′𝑠 𝑠𝑎𝑙𝑡 × 𝑉𝑀𝑜ℎ𝑟 ′𝑠 𝑠𝑎𝑙𝑡
=
𝑛𝐾𝑀𝑛𝑂4 𝑛𝑀𝑜ℎ𝑟 ′𝑠 𝑠𝑎𝑙𝑡
 M KMnO4  VKMnO4  5 = M Mohr ' ssalt  VMohr ' ssalt  1
M KMnO4  VKMnO4 1
 =
M Mohr ' ssalt  VMohr ' ssalt 5
M KMnO4 10.1 1
 =
1 10 5
20
1
 M KMnO4 =
2 10.1 5
 M KMnO4 = 0.009M
b) Strength of the KMnO4 solution
Strength (in g L ) = Molarity molar mass
= 0.009 158
= 1.422gL−1
Conclusion:
The molarity and strength of the given KMnO4 solution are 0.009 M and
1.422 gL−1 respectively.

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