END OF FEB- PRACTICAL EXAMS

Time: 1hour 30minutes

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Question one

You are provided with the following solution.

(a) FA1 which is a solution made by dissolving 6.5g of a mixture of sodium chloride and
sodium carbonate in water to make one liter of solution
(b) FA2 which is hydrochloric acid solution of approximately 0.15M concentration
(c) FA3 which is a 0.2M solution of sodium hydroxide
(Na=23, O=16, H=1, C=12,)

You are required to determine

(i) The concentration of FA2 in moles per litre.

(ii) The percentage purity of FA1.
PROCEDURE I

Pipette 20(or 25.0cm3) of FA3 into a clean conical. Add 2-3 drops of methyl orange indicator.
Titrate the resultant solution with FA2 from the burette until the end point is reached. Repeat the
titration 2-3 times until you obtain consistent results. Record your results in the table below

Volume of pipette used ……………….cm3

Final burette reading(cm3)

Initial burette reading (cm3)

Volume of FA2 (cm3)

Volume of FA2 used to calculate average volume………………………………….. cm3

Average volume of FA2 used = ……………………………………………………... cm3

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(a) Calculate
(i) Number of moles of FA3,
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(ii) Concentration of FA2 in moles per litre

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PROCEDURE II

Pipette 25.0cm3 or 20.0 cm3 of FA1 into a conical flask and add 2 drops of methyl orange
indicator. Titrate the mixture with FA2 until the end point. Then add 2 or 3 drops of methyl
orange indicator and continue the titration to the end point. Repeat the titration until you get
consistent titers. Record your values in the table below.

Volume of pipette used ……………….cm3

Final burette reading(cm3)

Initial burette reading (cm3)

Volume of FA2 (cm3)

 Volume of FA2 used to calculate average volume

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Average volume of FA2 used

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Questions

(b) Calculate
(i) Number of moles hydrochloric acid that reacted.

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(ii) Molarity of sodium carbonate.

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(c) Mass hence percentage of sodium chloride in the mixture

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Question two
You are provided with the following
FA1, which is a 0.1M hydrochloric acid.
FA2, which is approximately a 0.1M sodium hydroxide solution.
FA3, which is 1M hydrochloric acid
W, which is an impure metal carbonate.
You are required to standardize FA2 and use it to determine the percentage of the impurity in W.
Procedure:
(a) Pipette 20 (or 25cm3) of FA2 into a conical flask.
Titrate with FA1 using phenolphthalein as the indicator.
Repeat the titration until you obtain consistent results.
Record your results in table 1 below.
Table 1.
Volume of pipette used ……………………………….cm3

Final burette reading (cm3)

Initial burette reading (cm3)
Volume of FA1 used (cm3)

Titre values used for calculating the average volume of FA1 used.
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Average volume of FA1 used

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Question:

(a) Calculate the concentration in moles per litre of solution FA2.

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(b) Weigh 1.5g of W and dissolve it in 20.0cm of FA3 in a beaker. Add 80cm3 of distilled
water and label this solution FA4.
Pipette 20(or 25cm3) of FA2 into a conical flask and titrate it with FA4 using phenolphthalein as
the indicator.
Record your results in Table 2 below.
Results:
Mass of container +W = …………………………………………………….. g
Mass of empty container = …………………………………………………. g
Mass of W used = …………………………………………………………… g
Volume of pipette used …………………………………………………….. cm3
Table 2

Final burette reading (cm3)

Initial burette reading (cm3)

Volume of FA4 used (cm3)

Titre values used for calculating the average volume of FA4 used.
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Work out the average volume of FA4 used ……………………………………………… cm3

Questions:
(a) Calculate the

(i) Number of moles of hydrochloric acid that was in 100cm3 of FA4.

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(ii) Number of moles of the metal carbonate that reacted. (Carbonate reacts with

hydrochloric acid in the ratio of 1:2)

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(b) Determine the percentage of the impurity in W.

(Relative Formular mass of the metal carbonate =100).

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