Quatitaive Analysis of Oc
Quatitaive Analysis of Oc
Quatitaive Analysis of Oc
2. 0.2346 g of an organic compound containing carbon, hydrogen and oxygen was put to combustion
by Leibig’s method and the increase in the mass of U-tube and potash bulbs at the end of the
operation was found to be 0.2754 g and 0.4488 g respectively. Calculate the percentage
composition of the compound.
Ans C = 52.17 %, H = 13.04 %, O = 34.79 %
3. A compound which is believed to have the molecular formula C4H8O is submitted for elemental
analysis. What percentage of carbon and hydrogen would you expect to be reported if C4H8O is the
correct formula
Ans C = 66.7 H = 11 , O = 22.2
5. 0.300 g of an organic compound gave 37.9 ml of dry N2 at 290 K and 770 mm pressure. Calculate
the percentage of nitrogen in the compound.
Ans 15.06
6. 0.2046 g of an organic compound gave 30. 4 cm3 of moist nitrogen measured at 288 K and 732.7
mm pressure. Calculate the percentage of nitrogen in the substance, Aqueous tension at 288 K is
12.7 mm.
Ans 16.68
7. 0.3 g of an organic compound on Kjeldahl’s analysis gave enough ammonia to just neutralise 30
ml of 0.1 N H2SO4. Calculate the percentage of nitrogen in the compound.
Ans 14 %
8. Ammonia obtained from 0.4 g of an organic substance by Kjeldahl’s method was absorbed in 30 ml
of seminormal H2SO4. the excess of the acid was neutralised by the addition of 30 ml of N/5 NaOH.
Calculate the percentage of nitrogen in the substance.
Ans 31.5 %
9. 0.42 g of a substance is Kjeldahlised and the ammonia evolved was passed into 60 ml of
decinormal sulphuric acid. The excess of the acid was diluted and the volume made up to 250
ml,25 ml of this solution required 10 ml of N/40 NaOH for neutralisation. Calculate the percentage of
the nitrogen in the compound.
Ans 11.66
10. 1.0 g of ethanamine is Kjeldahlised. How much N/2 sulphuric acid is neutralised by the ammonia
evolved?
Ans 44.4 mm
11. 0.56 g of nitrogenous organic compound when distilled by Kjeldahl’s method produced 0.34 g of
ammonia. What is the percentage of nitrogen in the compound?
Ans 50 %
12. 0.24 g of an organic compound containing nitrogen was Kjeldahlised and ammonia formed was
absorbed in 50 ml of N/4 H2SO4. The excess of the acid required 77.0 ml of N/10 NaOH for
complete neutralization. Calculate the percentage of the nitrogen in the compound?
Ans
13. 0.4 g of organic compound was Kjeldahlised and ammonia evolved was absorved into 50 ml of
seminormal solution of sulphuric acid. The residual acid was diluted with distilled water and the
volume was made up to 150 ml , 20 ml of this acid solution required 31cml of N/20 NaOH solution
for complete neutralisation. Find out the percentage of nitrogen compound?
Ans 46.81 %
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14. 0.59 g of an organic compound was Kjeldahlised. The ammonia evolved was passed into 50 ml of
1 N sulphuric acid. The unreacted acid was diluted to 100 ml, 10 ml of this solution required 16 ml
of N/4 sodium hydroxide. Find the percentage of nitrogen in the compound.
Ans 23.7 %
15. 0.4037 g of organic compound containing sulphur was treated with concentrated HNO 3 in a Carius
tube. On precipitation with BaCl2, 0.1936 g of BaSO4 was produced. Determine the percentage of
sulphur in the compound.
Ans 6.59
16. In an estimation of sulphur by Carius method, 0.2175 g of the substance gave 0.5825 g of barium
sulphute. Calculate the percentage of sulphur in the compound.
Ans 36.78
17. 0.16 g of an organic compound was heated in a Carius tube and sulphuric acid formed was
precipitated as BaSO4 with BaCl2. the mass of dry BaSO4 was 0.35 g. Find the percentage of
sulphur.
Ans 30.04
18. 0.40 g of an iodo-substituted organic compound gave 0.235 g of silver iodide by Carious method.
Calculate the percentage of iodine in the compound.
Ans 31.75
19. 0.284 g of an organic substance gave 0.287 g of silver chloride in a Carius estimation of halogen.
Find out the percentage of chlorine in the compound. (Ag = 108, Cl = 35.5)
Ans 25%
20. 0.185 g of an organic compound when treated with conc. Nitric acid and silver nitrate gave 0.320 g
of silver bromide. Calculate the percentage of bromine in the compound.
Ans 73.6
21. The elementary analysis of an organic compound yielded the following results : C = 39.98 %, H =
6.72 %, O = 53.30 %, 0.151 g of the compound on vaporisation displaced 33.8 ml of air measured
at 298 K over water and at a barometric pressure of 745.0 mm pressure. Determine the empirical
and molecular formulae.
Ans CH2O, C4H8O4
23. On combustion, 0.1579 g of an organic compound gave 0.2254 g of CO2 and 0.0769 g of H2O. the
same amount of the original substance in a Carius estimation on treatment with nitric acid and
silver nitrate yielded 0.245 g of silver chloride. Determine the empirical formula of the compound.
Ans C3H5ClO
24. 0.21 g of an organic substance containing C, H, O and N gave on combustion 0.462 g of CO 2 and
0.1215 g of 0.104 g of it when distilled with caustic soda evolved ammonia which was neutralised
by 30 ml of N/20 H2SO4. Calculate its empirical formula.