Report on a qualitative

analysis carried out on

two brands of Portland
Cement.
 Physical Appearance:- Gray,
Amorphous.
Uses:- Making concrete, Mortar,
Masonry.
Raw materials:- Limestone, Clay,
Gypsum (Calcium Sulphate) , Coal
and Water.
The logos are properties of the respective owners.
To check the amount
of Calcium in Portland
Cement.
 The experiment was
carried out in two
groups.

Group-I analysed Sample A

Group-II analysed Sample B

 Date:
Group-I: Bijumoni, Sujata, Munmi,
Kironmoyee, Poli.

Group-II: Shubhadeep, Gopal,

Prasenjeet, Satish, Md. Ruhul,
Santosh.
Venue: Deptt. Of Chemistry,
Tinsukia College, Tinsukia, Asom.
Sample-A> TOPCEM Cement

Sample-B> Star Cement

The logos are properties of the respective owners.

a. Preparation of Silica-free
a. Preparation
Stock solution
of Silica-free
Stock solution
b. Separation of Fe and Ca
b. Separation of Fe and Ca
c. Washing
d.
c. Preparation
Washing of Standard
KMnO4 soln
d. Titration
e. Titration
a)0.5 gm of cement is transported to a
250 ml beaker.
b)About 100 ml of hot water is
gradually added to the beaker in such
a manner that cement is in complete
suspension.
c)About 30 ml of concentrated HCl is
added gradually. During the addition
the mixture is vigourously stirred with
a glass rod for 10 minutes.
d)Then a few drops of Br water is added
and the solution is rapidly boiled for
few minutes to effect complete solution
of practically everything but a few
flacks of silica.
e)This is directly filtered out into a
250 ml volumetric flask by adding
distilled water.
f)This is the Stock solution.
a)75 ml of the stock solution is taken into
a 250 ml beaker.
b)1-2 ml of concentrated HNO3 is added
and heated for 3 minutes. 100 ml of
distilled water is then added.
c)1-2 gm of NH4Cl is added.
d)It is then boiled for a few minutes. 1:1
NH4OH is added dropwise with stirring
with a glass rod until the smell of
Ammonia remains.
e)The precipitate of Ferric Hydroxide
appears.
f)The beaker is now placed on a hot
wire gauge. The appearance of
colourless supernatent liquid indicates
complete precipitation.
g)The precipitate is filtered with a
filter paper. (Whatmann no. 41).
h)The volume of the filtrate is reduced
to about 100 ml by evaporation.
i) 2 drops of methyl red indicator is
added. 4N concentrated HCl is added.
j)Then about 10-15 ml of 10% oxalic
acid is added.
k)1:1 NH4OH is added with stirring until
smell of Ammonia persists. The
precipitate of Calcium Oxalate appears.
a)The filtrate is washed with distilled
water to remove chloride and
oxalate .
b)The precipitate is now dissolved in
hot 50ml 1:8 H2SO4 and transferred
to a 250 ml volumetric flask. The
volume is made upto 250 ml.
c)Ca ion is estimated by titrating with
N/10 KMnO4 solution.
a)20 ml of standard Oxalic acid is taken
in a 250 ml volumetric flask.
b)150 ml 2N H2SO4 is added.
c)The mixture is heated to 70-80 c and
o

titrated in the hot condition with

KMnO4 running from a burrete
dropwise.
d)The end point is marked by just
appearance of pale pink colour. The end
point is noted.
a)50 ml of Oxalic acid is taken in a 250
ml volumetric flask and 100 ml of
distilled water is added to it.
b)It is kept on a heated wire gauze to
keep it warm (70-80 o c).
c)It is then titrated with standard
KMnO4.
d)The end point is noted.
 Group- I
Standardisation of KMnO4
Strength of Oxalic Acid: 0.0504 N
Volume of Oxalic Acid: 20 ml
Strength of H2SO4: 2 N
Volume of H2SO4: 150 ml
Burette Reading:
1st Reading: 46.9 ml
2nd Reading: 46.6 ml
3rd Reading: 46.6 ml
Concordant value: 46.6 ml
 Group- II
Standardisation of KMnO4
Strength of Oxalic Acid: 0.0504 N
Volume of Oxalic Acid: 20 ml
Strength of H2SO4: 2 N
Volume of H2SO4: 150 ml
Burette Reading:
1st Reading: 39.9 ml
2nd Reading: 39.1 ml
3rd Reading: 39.1 ml
Concordant value: 39.1 ml
Group-I analysed Sample-A i.e. Topcem
cement and found 0.142 gm/litre of
Calcium.

Group-II analysed Sample-B i.e. Star

cement and found 0.108 gm/litre of
Calcium.

The logos are properties of the respective owners.

Star Cement is of superior
quality to Topcem Cement.
 Special Thanks To:
Mrs. Monika Devi, HoD, Deptt. Of Chemistry.
Sri Dibyajyoti Borah, Lecturer.
Miss Pallavi Gogoi, Lecturer.
Dr. Saswati Phookan, Lecturer.
Sri Biplab Banik, Lecturer.

Also Heartful Thanks To:

Sri Anup Roy, Lab-Bearer.
Sri Thomas Sonowal, Lab-Bearer.
 Thanks to:-
>Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC)
> Department Of Physics <
> Department Of Botany <
> Department Of Zoology <
> Department Of Mathematics <