Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 34 views

    Experiment-2 - KMnO4 Vs Oxalic Acid

    Uploaded by

    not
    This document describes an experiment to determine the molarity and strength of a supplied KMnO4 solution by titrating it against a prepared 0.1 M oxalic acid solution. The experiment involves preparing 250 mL of 0.1 M oxalic acid solution from oxalic acid crystals. Then titrating 20 mL aliquots of the oxalic acid solution against the KMnO4 solution until a persistent light pink color is reached. The molarity and strength of the KMnO4 solution can then be calculated from the titration results.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Experiment-2 - KMnO4 Vs Oxalic Acid

    Uploaded by

    not
    34 views3 pages
    This document describes an experiment to determine the molarity and strength of a supplied KMnO4 solution by titrating it against a prepared 0.1 M oxalic acid solution. The experiment involves preparing 250 mL of 0.1 M oxalic acid solution from oxalic acid crystals. Then titrating 20 mL aliquots of the oxalic acid solution against the KMnO4 solution until a persistent light pink color is reached. The molarity and strength of the KMnO4 solution can then be calculated from the titration results.

    Original Title

    Experiment-2_KMnO4 vs Oxalic acid (1)

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    This document describes an experiment to determine the molarity and strength of a supplied KMnO4 solution by titrating it against a prepared 0.1 M oxalic acid solution. The experiment involves preparing 250 mL of 0.1 M oxalic acid solution from oxalic acid crystals. Then titrating 20 mL aliquots of the oxalic acid solution against the KMnO4 solution until a persistent light pink color is reached. The molarity and strength of the KMnO4 solution can then be calculated from the titration results.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    34 views3 pages

    Experiment-2 - KMnO4 Vs Oxalic Acid

    Uploaded by

    not
    This document describes an experiment to determine the molarity and strength of a supplied KMnO4 solution by titrating it against a prepared 0.1 M oxalic acid solution. The experiment involves preparing 250 mL of 0.1 M oxalic acid solution from oxalic acid crystals. Then titrating 20 mL aliquots of the oxalic acid solution against the KMnO4 solution until a persistent light pink color is reached. The molarity and strength of the KMnO4 solution can then be calculated from the titration results.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    You are on page 1of 3

    EXPERIMENT-2

    AIM: (a) To prepare 250 mL of M/10 Oxalic Acid solution.

    (b) To determine the molarity and strength of the supplied KMnO 4 solution by titrating it against the
    above solution.

    THEORY:

    (a) PREPARATION OF 250mL OF M/10 OXALIC ACID SOLUTION:


    Molar mass of Oxalic acid ( H2C2O4.2H2O) = 126 g.mol-1.

    Amount of Oxalic acid (W) needed to prepare 250mL of M/10 oxalic acid solution is calculated as :
    W = (Molarity x Molar mass of Oxalic acid x Volume of solution) / 1000
    = [1/10 x 126 x 250]/1000
    = 3.15 g

    (b) DETERMINATION OF MOLARITY AND STRENGTH OF THE SUPPLIED KMnO 4


    SOLUTION.

    This is a redox titration in which KMnO 4 acts as a strong oxidizing agent in acidic medium and
    Oxalic acid solution acts as a reducing agent. In these equations, MnO4– is reduced to Mn2+ and
    C2O42– is oxidised to CO2. The oxidation number of carbon in C2O42– changes from +3 to +4.

    Reactions of oxalic acid


    A. CHEMICAL EQUATION:

    Reduction half: 2KMnO4 + 3H2SO4 → K2SO4 + 2MnSO4 + 3H2O + 5[O]


    Oxidation half : H2C2O4 + [O] → 2CO2 + H2 O] × 5
    ________________________________________________________________________
    Overall reaction: 2KMnO4 + 3H2 SO4 + 5H2C2O4 → K2 SO4 + 2MnSO4 + 8H2O + 10 CO2

    B. IONIC EQUATION:

    Reduction Half: [ MnO4- + 8H+ + 5e- → Mn2+ + 4H2O ] x 2


    Oxidation Half: [ C2O42- → 2CO2 + 2e- ] x 5
    __________________________________________________________
    Overall Equation: 2MnO4- + 16H+ + 5C2 O42- → 2Mn2+ + 10CO2 + 8H2O

    INDICATOR: KMnO4 is a self-indicator


    END POINT: Persistent light pink colour.

    PROCEDURE:

    (a) Preparation of 0.1 M, solution of oxalic acid from crystalline oxalic acid
    (Molar mass of COOH . 2H2O = 126 g mol–1).
    COOH
    (i) Weigh 3.15 g of oxalic acid crystals and transfer it into a 250 mL measuring flask through a funnel.
    (ii) Transfer the solid sticking to the funnel with the help of distilled water into the flask
    (iii) Add enough distilled water and shake the flask till the substance dissolves and make the solution
    up to the etched mark.
    (b) Titration of ferrous ammonium sulphate against potassium permanganate solution

    (i) Rinse and fill the clean burette with potassium permanganate solution. Remove air bubbles if any,
    from the burette tip by releasing some solution through it.
    (ii) Take 20 mL of 0.1 M oxalic acid solution in a conical flask and add one full test tube (≈ 20 mL)
    full of dil. H2SO4 (≈ 2M) to it to prevent the formation of any precipitate of manganese dioxide during
    the titration.
    (iii) Heat the oxalic acid solution up to 50°– 60°C before titrating it with potassium
    permanganate solution taken in the burette.
    (iv) Titrate the above solution with potassium permanganate solution till the colour of the solution
    changes to permanent pink. Swirl the content of the flask during the titration.
    (iv) Repeat the titration, until three concordant readings are obtained.
    (v) Record the readings in observation table and calculate the strength of potassium permanganate
    solution in mole/litre.

    OBSERVATION :
    Volume of M/20 oxalic acid solution pipetted for each titration = 20mL.
    Volume of dilute H2SO4 solution added into the flask = 20mL.

    Volume of KMnO4 solution:

    Sl. Burette Reading (mL) Volume of KMnO4


    No. Initial Final used (mL)

    Concordant Reading = _______ mL

    CALCULATIONS:

    (i) Molarity of KMnO4 solution:


    From the overall ionic equation, 1 mole of MnO4− ion reacts with 5 moles of Fe2+ ion.

    𝐌𝟏𝐕𝟏 = n2
    𝐌𝟐𝐕𝟐 n1

    Where, M1 = Molarity of KMnO4 solution


    V1 = Volume of KMnO4 solution
    n1 = Number of moles of MnO4−

    M2 = Molarity of Mohr’s salt solution


    V2 = Volume of Mohr’s salt solution
    n2 = Number of moles of C2O42-
    𝑀1.𝑉1 2
    ⇒ 0.1 𝑋 20 = 5

    2 𝑋 0.1 𝑋 20
    ⇒ M1 = 5 𝑋 𝑉1

    = _______ M

    (ii) Strength of KMnO4 solution:

    Strength = Molarity (M1) x Molar Mass of KMnO4


    = ………………. mol/ L x 158g/mol
    = ……………….. g/L

    RESULT:
    i. The Molarity of supplied KMnO4solution = ………….M
    ii. The strength of supplied KMnO4 solution= …………….g/L

    PRECATIONS:
    i. Always use a fresh sample of ferrous ammonium sulphate to prepare its standard solution.
    ii. Always rinse the burette and the pipette with the solutions to be taken in them.
    iii. Remove the air gaps if any, from the burette.
    iv. Always read the upper meniscus for recording the burette reading in the case of all coloured
    solutions.

    You might also like