Redox titration Lab Report

You are provided with a standard solution of Iron (II) sulfate (0.10M) and a solution of
potassium manganate(VII) with an unknown concentration. Experiment to determine the
concentration of the manganate(II) solution.
Background:
In an acidic solution, permanganate rapidly oxidizes iron (II) to iron (III), while itself is reduced
to manganese (II). The overall balanced chemical equation for this reaction is as follows:
5Fe2+(aq) + MnO4 (aq) + 8H+ (aq) - 5Fe3+(aq) + Mn2+ (aq) + 4H2O(1)
In this experiment you will use an iron (II) sulfate solution, as the titrant in the analysis of a
potassium permanganate solution of unknown concentration. Potassium permanganate is
particularly useful among titrants since it requires no indicator to signal the endpoint of a
titration Solutions of potassium permanganate have an intense purple color. However, in the
presence of Fe2+ salts, the permanganate ion is reduced to the colorless manganese (II)ion. Thus,
when the permanganate is added to an iron (II) sulfate solution, the intense purple color of the
potassium permanganate solution rapidly disappears. At the equivalence point, all the Fe ions
have reacted and the colored MnO4 are no longer reduced to the colorless Mn2. As a result,
further addition of the permanganate titrant will cause the solution to remain a permanent
red/pink color. The presence of this permanent pale red/pink color indicates that the reaction is
complete and the equivalence point has been reached.
Experimental Procedure:
1. Accurately pipet 25 mL of the 0.10mol iron (II) solution and transfer it to a conical flask.
2. Fill a buret with potassium permanganate solution. Place a small beaker under the buret tip
and open the stopcock all the way until any air bubbles have been expelled. Record the initial
volume of solution in the buret to the nearest 0.05 mL.
3. Add potassium permanganate from the buret to the conical flask in approximately 1 mL
portions, while swirling the flask. Place a white background under the flask to aid in seeing the
color change. As the equivalence point is neared, the pink color will take a longer time to fade.
Reduce the size of the aliquots of potassium permanganate to approximately 0.5 mL. As the
color begins to take longer and longer to fade, add single drops from the buret until a light
permanent pink color is obtained. It should take only one drop to go from a clear solution to the
permanent light pink color.
4. Record the final volume of solution in the buret.
5. Repeat steps 1 through 5 two more times. Refill the buret if necessary. For the repeated runs,
you can rapidly add approximately 3/4 of the total amount of potassium permanganate required
in the first run, and then add the potassium permanganate slowly as before to obtain the color
change.
6. Dispose of all solution in the appropriate waste container.
Titration #1

Volume of 0.10mol iron (II) solution = 25ml

Initial buret reading of KMnO4 (aq) = 0.00
Final buret reading of KMnO4 (aq) = 22.8

Titration #2

Volume of 0.10 iron (II) solution = 25ml

Initial buret reading of KMnO4 (aq) = 0
Final buret reading of KMnO4 (aq) = 22.8

Titration #3

Volume of 0.10 iron (II) solution = 25ml

Initial buret reading of KMnO4 (aq) = 0
Final buret reading of KMnO4 (aq) = 22.8

Post-lab Questions (show all calculations):

1. Average the volume of KMnO4 (aq) solution needed to reach the equivalence point for the three runs.
2. Use the averaged volume of KMnO4 (aq) solution to calculate the number of moles of KMnO4 needed
to reach the equivalence point.
3. The mole ratio of potassium permanganate to iron (II) is 1 mol KMnO4 = 5 mol Fe2+ for this reaction.
Using the number of moles of Fe2+ and the mole ratio, calculate the number of moles of KMnO4.
4. Finally, using the volume of KMnO4 solution and moles of Fe2, calculate the concentration of the
KMnO4 in the unknown sample.