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Experiment 2 Complexometric Titration of Zinc: 1. Purpose
Experiment 2 Complexometric Titration of Zinc: 1. Purpose
[Zn (EDTA)]2
Ka = 3.2 1016
The criteria needed to allow a reaction to be used for titrimetric analysis are: 1.
goes to completion, 2. is stoichiometric, 3. proceeds rapidly, and 4. allows for
easy end-point detection. EDTA satisfies the first three of these very well, but an
indicator must also be sought. Another complexing agent, Eriochrome T (or Erio
T), forms metal complexes and changes color when it does so. The form of the
indicator and its color changes are pH dependent, since Erio T is in fact a triprotic
organic acid. At pH = 10, the red complex ZnE exists at Zn++ concentrations
greater than 108 M, whereas at lower concentrations, the blue uncomplexed acid
anions HE2 is the stable from. Thus, as the Zn 2+ is titrated by EDTA at pH = 10,
in the presence of Erio T, the free Zn 2+ concentration steadily decreases, and at the
equivalence point, the solution color changed from red to blue.
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m Zn
M Zn Vsoln
=
Standardization of the EDTA solution
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M 0Zn v Zn
v EXTA
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Determination of the concentration of an unknown Zn solution
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M 0EDTA v EDTA
v unk
Questions
1. Convert the result obtained (in molar units) to mg Zn/100 mL solution.
2. Sketch a schematic representation of the Zn-EDTA complex (ZnY2), showing the
chelation effect.
3. How many electrons are added to Zn2+ by the coordinate-covalent bonds in the
complex ZnY2? In what orbitals will those electrons be accommodated? Write
the electronic configuration of Zn in the complex.
4. Write out the formulas of the following metal-ligand complexes (coordination
compounds): diammine silver (I) ion, tetraammine copper (II) ion, hexaaqua
cobalt (II) ion, tetrachloro platinate (II) ion, tris(ethylenediamine) cobalt (III) ion.
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