Chemistry Practical 1

Experiment No: 02
Aim of the experiment:
To prepare M/50 or 0.02 M oxalic acid solution and to find out the molarity and
strength of the given KMnO4 solution.

Chemicals required:
4N H 2 SO4 , Oxalic acid, 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: COOH
. 2 H2O
Molecular mass of crystalline oxalic acid COOH
=126u

Gram molecular mass of oxalic acid is 126 g.

Hence, for preparing 1000 mL of 1M oxalic acid solution, oxalic acid required = 126g
126
 For preparing 250 mL of 1M oxalic acid solution, oxalic acid required = = 31.5 g
4
31.5
 For preparing 250 mL of M 50 oxalic acid solution, oxalic acid required = = 0.63g
50

Chemical Equation:
1. Molecular equation:
2KMnO4 + 3H 2 SO4 → K2 SO4 + 2MnSO4 + 3H 2O + 5[O]

COOH 60 − 70 C
+[O] ⎯⎯⎯⎯ → 2CO2 + 3H 2O]  5
0
. 2 H2O
COOH

COOH
2KMnO4 + 3H 2 SO4 + 5 . 2 H2O → K2 SO4 + 2MnSO4 + 10CO2 + 18H 2O
COOH
2. Ionic Equation:
MnO4− + 8 H + + 5e − → Mn 2+ + 4 H 2O ]  2
C2O4 2− → 2CO2 + 2e − ]  5
2 MnO4− + 16 H + + 5C2O4 2− → 2 Mn 2+ + 8 H 2O + 10CO2

Indicator:
KMnO4 is a self indicator.

End Point:
Colourless to permanent light pink colour.

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Procedure For Solution Preparation:

1) 0.63 g of oxalic acid crystals is weighed on a watch glass.

2) The weighed oxalic acid is transferred carefully from the watch glass into a clean
250 mL beaker.
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 or
volumetric flask with the help of 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 oxalic acid solution. Burette is rinsed
with KMnO4 solution.
2) Burette is filled with given KMnO4 solution and air is removed from burette.
3) 10 mL oxalic acid solution is pipetted out in a washed titration flask.
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. The flask is heated to 60-70 0C.
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.

Tabulation:

Volume of
Initial burette Final burette Difference
Expt. No oxalic acid
reading(IBR) reading(FBR) (FBR-IBR)
solution in 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

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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 5 moles of oxalic acid.
𝑀𝐾𝑀𝑛𝑂4 ×𝑉𝐾𝑀𝑛𝑂4 𝑀𝑂𝑥𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑐 𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑑 ×𝑉𝑂𝑥𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑐 𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑑
=
𝑛𝐾𝑀𝑛𝑂4 𝑛𝑂𝑥𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑐 𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑑

 M KMnO4  VKMnO4  5 = M oxalicacid  Voxalicacid  2

M KMnO4  VKMnO4 2
 =
M oxalicacid  Voxalicacid 5
M KMnO4 10.1 2
 =
0.02M 10 5
2  0.02 10
 M KMnO4 =
10.1 5
 M KMnO4 = 0.0079M 0.008M

b) Strength of the KMnO4 solution

Strength (in g L ) = Molarity molar mass
= 0.008 158
= 1.26gL−1

Conclusion:
The molarity and strength of the given KMnO4 solution are 0.008 M and 1.26 gL−1
respectively.

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