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Physical Chemistry Lab Manual
Physical Chemistry Lab Manual
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PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
FOUNDATION IN SCIENCE
TRIMESTER 1
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Table of content:
Lab
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ii)
Visitor must request for a lab coat from the laboratory officer before enter to the
laboratory.
iii)
No student is allowed to enter the laboratory unless permission has been given by
laboratory officer or lecturer.
ii)
iii)
Students must wear covered shoes in the laboratory. Students wearing open toes
shoes such as slippers or sandals are not allowed to work in the laboratory.
iv)
v)
vi)
Do not smoke, drink, eat, bite nails or pencils, or apply cosmetics in the laboratory.
vii)
viii)
Do not taste any chemicals, including diluted solutions. If any acid or alkali
accidentally enters your eyes or mouth, wash immediately with plenty of water.
Inform your lecturer or laboratory staff, and seek medical attention if necessary.
ix)
x)
xi)
Used match sticks, filter papers, and other solid waste must never be thrown into the
sinks. They must be thrown into the dustbins provided. Lighted match sticks and
smoldering materials must be extinguished with tap water before thrown into the
dustbins.
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xii)
Students must take responsibility for apparatus and equipment under their charge in
the laboratory.
xiii)
Ensure all the equipments and working benches used are thoroughly cleaned and
dried.
ii)
Wash hands and arms with soap and water before leaving the laboratory.
iii)
iv)
No student is allowed to take away any chemicals, equipment or other property of the
laboratory without permission.
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2. Practical Exercises
To get the most out of the practical exercises, you are required to obey the
instructions given. These instructions have been designed to provide you with
experience in the following skills:
Following instructions
Handling apparatus
Having due regards for safety
Making accurate observations
Recording results in an appropriate form
Presenting quantitative results
Gives valuable discussion
Drawing conclusions
Following Instructions
Follow the sequence of instructions as they are provided in an appropriate order.
Experimental procedures must be read through before carrying out the experiment. Draw
out the procedure in a flow chart for better understanding of the steps for the experiment.
Apparatus Handling
Before carrying out an experiment, it is important for scientists to plan and gather for
their experiment apparatus. As such, you are advised to list down the apparatus to be used
for the entire experiment before the start of the experiment. You will be able to master
the basic technique of using different types of apparatus. These include measuring
cylinder, bulb pipette, graduated glass pipette, volumetric flasks and burette. For different
type of tasks, different set of the apparatus are to be used.
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Laboratory Safety
Always move slowly and carefully in the lab.
During and after practical session, never touch your mouth or eyes with fingers before
thorough wash of hands with soap and water.
Make sure glass objects (e.g: thermometer or glass rod) are not placed unattended on
the bench to prevent it from being rolled off from the working bench to the floor.
Always put on your PPE such as lab coat, safety glasses and wear covered shoes in
the lab.
Remarks:
Proper heating using Bunsen burner (even with heating of water).
Proper handling of any liquids, particularly those identified as corrosive, irritant, toxic
or harmful.
Careful handling of corrosive work.
Allow hot plate, Bunsen burner, tripods, gauzes and beakers to cool down before
handling them.
Keep long hair tied and do not wear dangly earrings.
Do not allow electrical equipment to come into contact with water.
If you are not sure about how to carry out a scientific procedure, ask the lecturer or
lab officer.
Make sure you understand the rationale and consequences of your actions before you
act.
Follow all safety instructions given in the manual or provided by the lecturer/tutor for
particular experiments (e.g. use of gloves or mask).
Making Accurate Observation
The experiment will make it clear about the needed observation, e.g. the color changes
when two solutions are added together or time taken for a chemical reaction. Ensure that
you know the proper handling of relevant equipment before the start of experiment.
Think carefully about the precision of your observations. You may need to find out
reference for color description from external sources (e.g. reference books or online
references) before the practical session.
Recording Results in an Appropriate Form
Results can be recorded in various ways. Often it is helpful to record raw data in a table.
Most data will be in the form of numbers, e.g. quantitative data (also known as numerical
data). However, some data, e.g. color of solution, are qualitative. Bear in mind that the
best way for data collection is to avoid missing out any observation you have made, and
keep your raw data in safe hand.
Presenting Quantitative Results
Presentation of data can be made using table, graph or other visual means to ease result
analysis. You will have to choose the best way to present the experimental results.
Drawing Conclusion
Conclusions should be drawn from and supported by experimental results.
3. Writing a Scientific Report
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Title
Refers to the subject investigated.
Introduction
State the hypotheses
Give well-defined reason(s) for making hypotheses.
Explain the chemical basis of the experiment.
Cite sources to substantiate background information.
Explain how the method used will produce information relevant to the
hypotheses.
State a prediction based on the hypotheses.
Material and Methods
Use appropriate format.
Give enough details (so that the experiment can be duplicated).
State the control treatment, replication, and standardized variables that were used.
Results
Summarize the data (do not include raw data).
Present the data in an appropriate format (table or graph).
Present tables and figures neatly so they are easily read.
Label the axes of each graph correctly.
Give units of measurement where appropriate.
Write a descriptive caption for each table and figure.
Include a short paragraph pointing out the important results (do not interpret
the data).
Do not create your own data which is not true.
Discussion
State whether the hypotheses was supported or proven false by the results, or else
state that the results were inconclusive.
Cite specific results that support your conclusions.
Compare the results, with your predictions and explain any unexpected results.
Compare the results with other research or information available.
Discuss any weaknesses the experimental design or problems with the
execution of the experiment.
Discuss how you might extend or improve the experiment.
Conclusion
State conclusion which is supported by results
Restate important results.
Literature Cited
Use proper citation form in the text.
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Acknowledgment
State any appropriate and necessary acknowledgment.
Beaker
Conical flask/
Erlenmeyer flask
Filtering funnel
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Measuring cylinder
Volumetric flask
Measuring
pipette
Volumetric
pipette
Pipette
Burette
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Reagent bottles
Desiccators
Separating funnel
Electronic balance
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4Mn(OH)3 (s)
When acidified, the manganese (III) oxidizes iodide which is already present to iodine:
2Mn(OH)3 (s) +
2I- +
6H+
I2 +
6H2O
2Mn2+
The liberated iodine, which is equivalent to the D.O. content, may then be titrated with
standard sodium thiosulphate:
I2 +
Apparatus:
Volumetric pipette (100 mL)
Conical flask (500 mL)
Burette
Burette clamp
Pasteur pipette
2S2O32-
S4O62- +
2I-
Reagent bottle (1 L)
Conical flask stopper
Retort stand
Measuring cylinder (5 mL)
Materials:
Manganese sulfate solution
Alkaline-iodide solution
0.025 M Sodium thiosulphate solution
Concentrated sulphuric acid
Starch solution
Procedures:
1. When sampling water, care must be taken to ensure that a good representative sample
of the water to be analyzed is obtained. For most purposes, this includes attention to
dissolved gases. Therefore, the water sample should be taken in a clean bottle which
must be filled to overflowing and tightly sealed with stopper without introduction of
air. If the water is sampled from a tap, it must be allowed to run for at least 5 minutes
prior to sampling. For this purpose, you may collect the water into a 1 L reagent
bottle fitted with a stopper.
2. Carefully remove the stopper from the conical flask and add 4 mL of the manganese
sulfate solution, discharging the reagent from the tip of a pipette put well below the
water surface. Replace the stopper.
3. Similarly, introduce 4 mL of the alkaline-iodide solution.
4. Place the stopper in the bottle; be sure that no air becomes entrapped. Some overflow
may occur. Thoroughly mix the content by inversion and rotation. Manganese
hydroxide is precipitated and will settle on standing.
5. When the precipitate has settled, introduce 4 mL of concentrated sulfuric acid with
the tip of the pipette well below the surface of the solution.
6. Replace the stopper and mix until the precipitate dissolves completely. The dissolved
oxygen now liberates free iodine from the potassium iodide present.
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7. Pipette 200 mL of the acidified sample into a 500 mL conical flask and titrate with
0.025 M sodium thiosulphate until the solution becomes pale yellow.
8. Add a few drops of starch indicator and continue the titration to the disappearance of
blue color.
(If the blue color doesnt appear after adding starch, repeat the titration and adding
starch before start of titration)
9. Repeat the titration twice.
Treatment of data:
Titration number
Final volume (cm3)
Initial volume (cm3)
Volume used (cm3)
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T1
T2
The data collected from the experiment can be plotted on graphs in order to see the
relationship between volume and pressure and the relationship between volume and
temperature.
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6.
7.
8.
Prepare about 400 mL of warm water in a beaker that is placed on top of a hotplate.
Lubricate the syringe plunger with oil to ensure smooth sliding in the syringe tube.
Pull the plunger to 5 mL mark and seal the end of the syringe.
At 50 C, immerse the syringe tube in the warm water by adjusting the height of the
burette clamp holding it. Wait about 1 minute for the air in the syringe to come to the
same temperature as the water.
Record the water temperature and the volume on the syringe.
Increase the water temperature to 55 C (wait about 1 minute for equilibrium to occur)
and record the water temperature and volume on the syringe.
Repeat step 6, by increasing the temperature in the steps of 5 C until 80 C.
Plot a graph of volume (V) versus temperature (C).
Treatment of data:
Part 1 Boyles law
Volume (mL)
20.0
17.5
15.0
12.5
10.0
7.5
5.0
Pressure (kPa)
Calculation:
1. Determine the relationship of volume and pressure and find the proportionality
constant, k.
2. Based on your data, what would be the pressure to be if the volume of the syringe was
increased to 45 mL? Show the calculation steps.
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Volume (mL)
Calculation:
1. Determine the relationship of volume and temperature and find the proportionality
constant, k.
2. Based on your data, postulate the x-intercept and y-intercept.
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C=
qs
If the system is composed of several parts, e.g., of a reaction vessel plus the solution it
contains, then the total heat capacity of the system is the sum of the heat capacities of the
individual parts, C = Ci . Since, in the ideal case, no heat is allowed to enter or escape,
the sum of the heat from the reaction (qr) and the heat from the system (qs) must be equal
to zero,
qr + qs = 0
so that,
qr + C T = 0
Heat capacity is a positive quantity. Therefore, if the temperature of the system rises, i.e.,
T is positive, then qr will be a negative quantity.
In practice, it is impossible to make a perfect calorimeter, one which has no heat leakage,
so measuring the temperature change due to the heat from the reaction is complicated by
temperature changes from heat leaking into or out of the calorimeter. By taking these
factors into account and correcting them, a graphical procedure is usually used to obtain
the temperature change T, as shown in the following figure of temperature versus time
for an exothermic reaction.
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Room
temperature
Starting time
The initial temperature of the reaction vessel and contents was a little below room
temperature, so heat was leaking into the system. This explains the slow rise in
temperature before the reaction was initiated. After the initial sharp rise in temperature
when the reaction has begun, the temperature began to decrease due to heat loss from the
calorimeter. At first, these readings were a bit erratic, as temperature equilibration was
not yet attained throughout the system.
After some time, the equilibration (and the reaction has completed, the heat loss became
steady and the temperature decreased linearly. Extrapolation of this linear portion of the
curve back to the time when the reaction began, gives a fairly accurate value for the
temperature which would have been attained if the reaction and temperature equilibration
had taken place instantaneously as if that no heat loss has occurred.
Generally, a chemical change is usually accompanied by an evolution or absorption of
energy (e.g. heat); certain physical changes also produce an energy change. The heat of
neutralization of an acid by a base is the energy evolved when 1 mol of the acid is
neutralized by 1 mol of a base, the reaction being carried out in dilute aqueous solution.
For a strong acid and a strong base, the heat of neutralization is effectively constant.
This is because strong acids and strong bases, and the salts they form are all completely
ionized in dilute solution. Thus the reaction between any strong acid and strong base is
simply the formation of unionized water from H+ and OH- ions.
e.g.:
HCl + KOH
KCl + H2O
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K+ + Cl- + H2O
H2O
H = Heat of neutralization.
The constancy of the heat of neutralization of any strong acid and any strong base
provides simple, but convincing evidence that strong acids and bases are, in fact,
completely ionized.
The temperature rises accompanying the mixing of a solution of a base with a solution of
acid at the same initial temperature in a calorimeter is caused by the heat released during
the neutralization process.
Apparatus and Equipments:
Joule calorimeter
Digital stop-watch
Thermometer (reading to 0.1 oC)
Measuring cylinder (50 mL)
Hot water bath
Beaker (100 mL)
Materials:
0.5 M Sodium hydroxide, NaOH
0.5 M Hydrochloric acid, HCl
Distilled water
Procedures:
Part 1 Calibration of calorimeter
1. Measure 50 cm3 of distilled water into a calorimeter.
2. Record the temperature of the water (1 minute interval) for 5 minutes.
3. Add another 50 cm3 of water which has initial temperature of 50 oC into the
calorimeter and record the temperature (1 minute interval) for another 10 minutes.
Part 2 Determination of heat of neutralization
Measure 50 cm3 of 0.5 M NaOH solution into the calibrated calorimeter.
Record the temperature of the base every 2 minutes.
Measure 50 cm3 of 0.5 M HCl into another container.
Insert a thermometer and cool or warm slightly until the temperature of the acid is the
same as that of the base.
5. Now add the acid to the base quickly and note the time of mixing.
6. Record the temperature (30 seconds interval) for first 5 minutes and (1 minute
interval) for the next 10 minutes.
1.
2.
3.
4.
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Treatment of data:
Part 1 With 50 cm3 distilled water
Time (minute)
1.00
2.00
3.00
4.00
5.00
Addition of 50 cm3 distilled water
Time (minute)
1.00
2.00
3.00
4.00
5.00
6.00
7.00
8.00
9.00
10.00
Temperature (oC)
Temperature (oC)
(Specific heat capacity of water = 4.184 J g-1 K-1 ; density of water = 1.00 g cm-3)
We can imagine the process that occurs on mixing the hot water with the water already in
the calorimeter as being broken into two parts: the release of enough heat by the high
temperature water reduces its temperature from 50 o C to Tfinal.. Hence,
qr = Mass of hot water (50 oC) x Specific heat of water x Fall in temperature (Tfinal 50oC)
and
qs = [Mass of distilled water x Specific heat of water x Rise in temperature
(Tfinal Tinitial room temp)] + [Heat capacity of calorimeter x Rise in temperature
(Tfinal Tinitial room temp)]
qr + qs = 0
Plot a graph of temperature against time.
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Temperature (oC)
Temperature (oC)
(Specific heat capacity of water = 4.184 J g-1 K-1 ; density of solution = 1.00 g cm-3)
Assuming the specific heat of the solutions to be the same as that of water, the heat
evolved by the neutralization process is given by
Hneutralization = MNaOH CNaOH T + CCalorimeter T + MHCl CHCl T
Plot a graph of temperature against time.
Calculation:
1. Calculate the heat of reaction (qr) for Part 1.
2. Determine the heat capacity of the calorimeter.
3. Determine the enthalpy of neutralization (Hneutralization) for Part 2.
4. Determine the molar enthalpy of neutralization.
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or
2MnO4- + 16H + + 5C2O4 2-
The rate of this reaction is measured by the time taken for the disappearance of the purple
color of the potassium permanganate.
Apparatus and Equipments:
Measuring cylinder, test tube, water bath, stopwatch
Materials:
0.02M Potassium Permanganate
1 M Sulphuric Acid
0.5 M Oxalic Acid
Test tube
Water bath
Measuring cylinder (5mL)
Stopwatch
Procedure:
1. In a test tube, measure 2 cm3 of 0.02 M potassium permanganate and 4 cm3 of 1 M
sulphuric acid.
2. In another test tube, place 2 cm3 of oxalic acid.
3. Place the test tubes in water bath at 35 oC.
4. When the solutions have attained this temperature, pour the oxalic acid into the
acidified permanganate solution and immediately start the time.
5. Record the time taken for the permanganate to decolorize.
6. Repeat the experiment at higher temperatures of 40, 45, 50, 55 and 60 oC.
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Treatment of data:
Temperature, T (K)
35
-1
1 / T (K )
Reaction time, t (sec)
ln 1/t
Plot a graph of ln 1/t against 1/T.
40
45
50
55
Calculation:
1. Calculate the activation energy, Ea in J mol -1 according to the Arhenius equation
k = A e -Ea / RT
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Materials:
0.36 M Sulphuric acid, H2SO4
0.025 M Potassium iodide, KI
0.8 M Hydrogen peroxide, H2O2
0.0025 M Thiosulfate, S2O32Starch solution
Distilled water
Procedures:
Part 1 Measurement of Rate For One Set Conditions
1. To a clean conical flask, add the following in order.
43 cm3 distilled water
35 cm3 0.36 M H2SO4
10 cm3 0.025 M KI
10 cm3 0.0025 M thiosulfate
1 cm3 starch solution
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2. Pipette 1 cm3 of 0.8 M hydrogen peroxide in the fume cupboard. With one eye on a
watch, add the peroxide and noting the time to the nearest second.
3. Note the time at which the thiosulfate is all used up and blue colour appears. Record
the time elapsed.
4. Measure the temperature of the reaction mixture.
5. Repeat the experiment.
Part 2 The Effect of Peroxide
1. Proceed as in Part 1 but
(i) use 2 cm3 peroxide and 42 cm3 distilled water.
(ii) use 0.5 cm3 of peroxide and 43.5 cm3 distilled water.
2. Plot a graph of rate against concentration of peroxide in the 3 mixtures and describe it.
Use axes starting from zero for rate and for [H2O2].
Part 3 The Effect of Iodide
1. Proceed as in Part 1 but
(i) use 20 cm3 KI and 33 cm3 distilled water
(ii) use 5 cm3 KI and 48 cm3 distilled water.
2. Plot a graph of rate against concentration of iodide in the 3 mixtures and describe it.
Use axes starting from zero for rate and for [I-].
Part 4 The Effect of Acid
1. Proceed as in Part 1 but
(i) use 8 cm3 distilled water and 70 cm3 sulphuric acid.
(ii) use 60.5 cm3 distilled water and 17.5 cm3 sulphuric acid.
2. Plot a graph of rate against [H3O+] in the 3 mixtures and describe it. Use axes starting
from zero for rate and for [H3O+].
Treatment of data:
Part 1 Measurement of rate for one set conditions:
Number of trial
Concentration of peroxide (M)
Concentration of iodide (M)
Concentration of sulphuric acid (M)
Concentration of thiosulphate (M)
Time elapsed (s)
Temperature of reaction mixture (oC)
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Introduction:
Bromocresol green is a weak acid which dissociates in water according to the equation:
HB- (aq) + H2O B2- (aq) + H3O+ (aq)
yellow
blue
The yellow, acidic form of the indicator is a singly charged anion which can be
represented by the structure:
Br
Br
CH 3
Br
C
CH 3
OH
Br
SO 3 Na +
The hydrogen of the phenol group is weakly acidic and dissociates to give the basic form,
a blue coloured, doubly charged anion.
At equilibrium, the pKa of the indicator is related to the pH of the solution by the
equation:
C
pK a pH log 10 HB
C B 2
Ka= the equilibrium constant for the dissociation of the acid HBCHB-= concentration of the undissociated form of indicator
CB2-= concentration of the dissociated form of indicator.
The bromocresol green in the acidic solution is completely in its protonated form, HB -. In
the basic solution, it is completely in the unprotonated form, B2-.
Apparatus and Equipments:
Erlenmeyer flask (100 mL)
Graduated pipette (2 mL)
Volumetric flask (100 mL)
Measuring cylinder (10 mL)
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Pipette (10 mL)
pH meter
UV-Visible Spectrophotometer
Materials:
Bromocresol green indicator solution
2 M Hydrochloric acid, HCl
2 M Sodium hydroxide, NaOH
Buffer solution (pH 5)
Distilled water
Procedures:
1. Bromocresol green in basic solution: Put 10 cm3 of 2 M NaOH in a 100 cm3
volumetric flask. Then, pipette 2 cm3 of bromocresol green indicator solution into the
flask. Fill to the mark with distilled water, stopper the flask and mix the contents
thoroughly.
2. Bromocresol green in acidic solution: Put 10 cm3 of 2 M HCl in a 100 cm3
volumetric flask. Then, pipette 2 cm3 of bromocresol green indicator solution into the
flask. Fill to the mark with distilled water, stopper the flask and mix the contents
thoroughly.
3. Bromocresol green in buffer solution: Put 10 cm3 of pH 5 buffer solution in a 100
cm3 volumetric flask. Then, pipette 2 cm3 of bromocresol green indicator solution
into the flask. Fill to the mark with distilled water, stopper the flask and mix the
contents thoroughly. Measure the pH of this solution by using pH meter.
4. Use distilled water as the blank. Measure the spectrum of these solutions from
wavelength 400 630 nm.
Treatment of data:
Bromocresol green in
acidic solution
basic solution
buffer solution
pH
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Absorbance
Wavelength (nm)
basic solution
400
410
420
430
440
450
460
470
480
490
500
510
520
530
540
550
560
570
580
590
600
610
620
630
Plot a graph of absorbance against wavelength for each of solution with different pH.
Calculation:
1. Determine the isosbestic point for bromocresol green.
2. Calculate the pKa value for indicator using the pH of the indicator/buffer solution.
3. Determine the maximum buffer capacity for the bromocresol green.
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2NaCl
+ H 2O +
NaOH +
NaCl
+ H 2O
HCl
CO2
2NaCl
+ BaCO3
Thus sodium carbonate is removed from the mixture as insoluble barium carbonate. The
hydroxide ion remaining in solution reacts with the acid during titration. The
concentration of these is determined using phenolphthalein as indicator.
Apparatus:
Burette (50mL)
Pipette filler
Retort stand
Asbestos board
Materials:
Hydrochloric acid, HCl
Mixture of sodium carbonate, Na2CO3 and sodium hydroxide, NaOH in a solution
Barium chloride, BaCl2
Methyl orange indicator
Phenolphthalein indicator
Procedures:
1. Pipette 25 cm3 of the mixture solution into a conical flask.
2. Add a few drops of methyl orange indicator, and titrate with diluted hydrochloric acid
until the yellow color just changes to orange.
3. Repeat the titration twice.
4. To another 25 cm3 of the mixture solution, add about an equal volume of barium
chloride solution and one or two drops of phenolphthalein.
5. Titrate the mixture with diluted hydrochloric acid, noting the burette reading when
the solution is decolorized (Take care to run in the acid slowly otherwise some of the
barium carbonate may be acted upon before the end-point is reached).
6. Repeat the titration twice.
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Treatment of data:
(a) Methyl orange as indicator
Titration number
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Topic 10: Ionic Measurement of the conductivities of strong and weak electrolytes
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Introduction:
Solutions of electrolytes conduct electric current by migration of ions under the influence
of electric field. According to Ohms law,
V=IR
Where V, is the potential difference; I, is the current and R, is the resistance. The term
conductance (L) is generally used for dealing with electrolytes and this is defined as the
reciprocal of the resistance of the solutions, i.e.,
L (ohm -1 or ) = 1 / R
The conductivity (x) may be obtained from
x (-1 cm -1) = d / AR
Where A, and d are the area and separation between the electrodes of the conductivity
cell. The cell constant k of the conductivity cell is defines as
k=d/A
And therefore
x = k. L
Thus, conductivity is the reciprocal of the resistance in ohm of a 1 cm of liquid at a
specified temperature. The molar conductivity of an electrolyte solution is defined as
(-1 mol -1 cm 2) = x / C
Where C = molar concentration
For week electrolytes, the increase of molar conductivity with increasing dilution is
ascribed to increased dissociation of the electrolyte molecules to free ions. For strong
electrolytes, the molar conductivities are higher than those of weak electrolytes at high
concentrations. As the solutions become dilute, the molar conductivities also increase as
in the case of weak electrolytes but the variation is, in general, less steep than for weak
electrolytes.
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Materials:
0.1 M Sodium chloride, NaCl
0.1 M Acetic acid, CH3COOH
Distilled Water
Procedures:
1. Calibrate the conductivity meter with known cell constant.
2. Measure the conductivity of 50 cm 3 of 0.1 M acetic acid.
3. Repeat the measurement with 0.0500, 0.0250, 0.0125, and 0.00625M acetic acid
prepared by successive dilution.
4. Repeat with sodium chloride.
5. Measure the conductivity of the distilled water used.
Treatment of data:
Conductivity of distilled water = _________________
Conductivity of electrolytes = Conductivity of solution - Conductivity of distilled water
Tabulate the conductivities as follows:
C (Mol dm-3 )
0.1000
0.0500
0.0250
0.0125
0.00625
Calculate the molar conductivities and tabulate the results as follows:
Molar Conductivity (-1 mol -1 cm 2)
C1/2 (Mol dm-3 )
CH3COOH
NaCl
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Calculation:
1. Show the steps (one example of calculation) in obtaining molar conductivity for each
electrolyte.
2. Determine the conductivity and molar conductivity at infinite dilution (o) for each
electrolyte.
(a) CH3COOH
(b) NaCl
3. The molar conductivity of benzoic acid at infinite dilution is 385 -1 cm2 mol-1 and at
a concentration of 0.0050 mol dm-3 is 40.8 -1 cm2 mol-1. Calculate the pKa of
benzoic acid.
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