Experiment #11
Experiment #11
Experiment #11
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Introduction:
Reduction-oxidation involves the titration of a
reducing agent with an oxidizing agent, or viceversa, the equivalence point of which is usually
indicated by indicators such as diphenylamine
or starch (except for permanganate process).
Redox may be defined in terms of electron
transfer. Oxidation is a result of loss of electron
(by reducing agent) and reduction is a result of
gain of electron (by the oxidizing agent).
MnO4- + 8H+ + 5e
4H2O
Mn2+ +
If
potassium
permanganate
is
standardized in acid medium and is used to
titrate samples in alkaline medium, the
concentration of the permanganate is
multiplied with 3/5 to convert the
concentration to alkaline medium.
The
intense
purple
color
of
permanganate solution affords it an
inherent advantage of acting as the
indicator itself. An excess of one drop
permanganate gives a pink color to the
sample solution which indicates the end
point. Its disadvantage is the tendency
to decompose on standing or exposure
to
light
which
is
further
hastened
in
the
Objectives:
presence of acid.
1. To determine the concentration of KMnO4
and FeSO4.
2. To introduce the concept of redox
Procedure;
1. Volume Ratio of KMnO4 and FeSO4
a. Rinse and fill the glass-stoppered buret with
KMnO4 and likewise do the same with the
base
buret using FeSO4 solution.
b. Deliver about 30 mL of the ferrous solution
into a 250 mL Erlenmeyer flask, dilute to 100
mL with distilled water and add 10 mL 6N
H2SO4.
c. Titrate the ferrous solution with KMnO4 to a
light pink end point that persist for more than
15 seconds.
3.
Calculations:
a. Volume Ratio
mL KMnO4
volume KMnO4 used
mL FeSO4
volume FeSO4 used
mL FeSO4
volume FeSO4 used
mL KMnO4 volume KMnO4 used
b. Net
Volume
Net VolumeKMnO4
VKMnO VFeSO
KMnO4
c. Molarity of KMnO4
mL FeSO4
])
x mL
1000 mg
mass of primary standard Na2C2O41xg
MKMnO4 =