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LAB #3 A/I Date: , October, 2023.

Topic: Moles

Aim: To determine the concentration of hydrochloric acid, which supplies the H+ ions in the
following reaction.

IO3- (aq) + 5 I- (aq) + 6H+ (aq) à 3H2O (l) + 3 I2 (aq)

In the presence of an excess of IO3 – ions and an excess of I- ions, the amount of I2 liberated is
directly proportional to the amount of H+ ions present and can be determined by titration with
sodium thiosulphate, Na2S2O3.

Reagents:

FA1 hydrochloric acid

FA2 containing 15.0g/dm3 sodium thiosulphate Na2S2O3.5H2O

aqueous potassium iodate (V) KIO3

aqueous potassium iodoide , KI

Procedure:

1. Fill a burette with FA2.

2. Pipette 25.0cm3 of FA1 into the conical flask.
3. Use a 25cm3 measuring cylinder to add to the flask 10cm3 of aqueous potassium iodate
(V) and 10cm3 of aqueous potassium iodide. There is an excess of each of these reagents.
4. Place the flask on the white tile
5. Titrate the liberated iodine with FA2.
6. During the titration the colour of the iodine in the solution will fade from red-brown to
orange to yellow. The end-point occurs when the solution just goes colourless with the
addition of a single drop of FA2.

Results: Table showing vol of FA2 used to liberate iodine in the titration

ROUGH 1 2
Final volume of
FA2/cm3
Initial volume of
FA2/cm3
Volume of FA2
used/cm3
 Calculations:
1. From the titration results obtain a suitable value to be used in your calculation. Show
clearly how you obtained this value.

2. (a) Calculate the concentration in mol/dm3 of the sodium thiosulphate in FA2. FA2
contains 15.0g/dm3 Na2S2O3.5H2O.

(b) Calculate how many moles of Na2S2O3 are contained in the volume of FA2
recorded in (#1).

(c) Calculate how many moles of iodine reacted with the thiosulphate in (b).

2Na2S2O3 (aq) + I2 (aq) à Na2S4O6 (aq) + 2NaI (aq)

(d) Calculate how many moles of hydrochloric acid reacted with an excess of potassium iodate
(V) and an excess of potassium iodide to produce the amount of iodine calculated in (c).

IO3- (aq) + 5I- (aq) + 6H+ (aq) à 3H2O (l) + 3I2 (aq)

(e) Calculate the concentration in mol/dm3 of HCl in FA1