Second Edition

SYNTHESIS AND TECHNIQUE

IN INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Robert J. Angelici
Department of Chemistry

lowa State University

Ames. lowa

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UNIVERSITY SCINCE BOOKS

Mili Valley, California

Appendices

APPENDIX 1

Approxirnate Concentrations of Cornrnercial,

Reagent-grade Acids and Bases

Acid or Base

% by Weight

Molarity

Acetic acid (glacial)

Ammonia (aqueous)
Hydrochloric acid
Nitric acid
Perchloric acid
Phosphoric acid
Sulfuric acid

99.8
29
37
70
70
85
96

17.4
14.8
12.0
15.9
11.7
14.7
18

APPENDIX 2 Expected Molar Conductance (AM) Ranges a for 2, 3, 4,

and 5 Ion Electrolytes (-10- 3 M) in Sorne Cornrnon Solvents at 25Cb
Electrolyte Types
Solvent

Dielectric
Constant

1 :1

2:1

3:1

4:1

WaterC
Nitromethane
Nitrobenzene
Acetone
Acetonitrile
Dimethylformamide
Methanol
Ethanol

78.4
35.9
34.8
20.7
36.2
36.7
32.6
24.3

118-131
75-95
20-30
100-140
120-160
65-90
80-115
35-45

235-273
150-180
50-60
160-200
220-300
130-170
160-220
70"-90

408-435
220-260
70-82

-560
290-330
90-100

340-420
200-240

'U nits on al! molar conductances are ohm-'cm2 mole- ' .

bW. J. Geary, Coord. Chem. Rev., 7, 81 (1971).
CM. Sneed and J. Maynard, General Inorganic Chemistry, Van Nostrand, New furk,
1942, p. 813.

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