Experiment No. 5 Determination of Mohr’s Salt or Ferrous Iron (Peranganometry) Aim: To Determine the amount of Mohr’s salt or Ferrous Iron present in the given solution using a standard solution of Potassium permanganate. Apparatus: Burette, Pipette, Conical flasks, Beakers, Volumetric flask, Measuring jar, Distilled water bottle, Burette stand, Glazed tile and Fischer clamp. Chemicals Required: Potassium Permanganate, Mohr's Salt, Sulphuric acid and Distilled Water Theory: Ferrous Iron or Moht's salt can be Determined volumetrically using standard solution of potassium permanganate in the presence of dilute sulphuric acig_ mediu otassium permanganate oxidises ferrous ign to ferric ion and gi elf reduced to colourless MnSO, (Manganese Sulphafé). KMnO, Is a powerful oxidising agent in which Manganese in +7 Oxidation state. Mohr's salt FeSO,.(NH,),50,.6H,) or Ferrous Sulphate FeSO, are reducing agents in which Iron’? acts as a reducing agent. The two react in sulphuric acid medium as follows. 2KMn0, +3H,SO, -> K,SO, +2MnSO, +3H,0 +5(0) 10FeSO, +5H,SO, +5(O) > 5Fe,(SO,), +5H,O 2KMn0O, +10FeSO, +8H,SO, -+ K,SO, + 2MnSO, + 5Fe,(SO,), +8H,O According to this one mole of potassium permanganate reacts with five moles of ferrous _idn. All the reactants and products are colourless xcept potassium permanganate, which has intense purple violet colour. When all the ferrous ions have reacted with permanganate, the excess trace amount of potassium permanganate imparts a pale pink colour which can be taken as’end point of the reaction. Hence it is called as ‘self-indicator reaction. = The reaction is a REDOX reaction as Mn’” is reduced to Mn‘? and Fe*? is oxidised to Fe”. Sulphuric acid is the most suitable acid for the above reaction. With dilute hydrochloric acid there is a possibility of Some reaction taking place between permanganate and hydrochloric cid to form chlorine. 2MnO, +10Cl’ +16H* >2Mn”™ +5Cl, +8H,0 Se +MnO, +8H* > Mn** +4H,0 5(Fe* — Fe* +e") SFe* + MnO, +8H° > Mn* +4H,0+5Fe™Part- Standardisation of Potassium permangznate solution Procedure: 10.0 ml of standard Mohr’s salt or Ferrous sulphate solution is pipetted out into a clean conical flask carefully. To this 10.0 ml of i0N. sulphuric acid solution and 40.0 ml of distilled water are added with measuring jar. The contents of the conical Kk are titrated with Constant thorough shaking with potassium permanganate solution from the burette until the colour of the solution changes from colourless to pale pink by the addition of one drop of potassium permanganate ‘solution, which is the end point of the reaction. A number of titrations are carried out until 2 or 3 concurrent readings are obtained. The results are tabulated neatly in Table - | Table-1 Standardisation of Potassium Permanganate Solution S. | Vol. of Fe* | Bureite Reading (mi) | Volume of No | _ solution a - KMnO, Soln. Taken (mi) | lnitial Final | consumed (mi) 7 70.0 + 00 = {- 2 10.0 3 10.0 4 10.0 7 Ss 10.0 | Calculation: Normality of standard Mohr’s Salt solution = Ny (Given) Volume of Mohr salt solution =Vi = 10.0 ml Normality of KMAQ, solution Volume of KMnQO, solution ml By the law of Equivalence (At the endpoint): VjNy=V2Nz .. Normality of KMnO, solution (N,)= Sah = a Part-II: Determination of the amount of Ferrous Iron or Mohr's salt present in 100.0 ml of tle given solution Procedure: The Mohr's salt or ferrous sulphate solution given in the 100.0 mi volumetric flask is diluted up to the mark with distilled water and mixed thoroughly for complete homogenisation. 10.0 ml of this solution is pipetted out into a clean conical flask carefully. To this 10.0 mi of 10N sulphuric acid solution and 40.0 mi of distilled water are added with19 measuring jar. The contents of the conical flask are titrated with potassium permanganate solution from the burette until the colour of the solution changes from colourless to pale pink by the addition of one drop of potassium pcimanganate solution. A number of titrations are carried out until 2 or 3 concurrent readings are obtained ‘he readings are tabulated in Table-II Table - {1 Determination of Ferrous tron or Mohr’s Salt ‘S. | Vol. of Fe |” Burette Reading (ml) Votume of No }- solution [}——__~________| KMnO, Taken (mi) | _Mifal | Final | consumed (mi) | 1 10.0 0.0 2 10.0 3 10.0 ~ 4 10.0 5 10.0 Calculation: Normality of KMnO, solution No (From part !) = Volume of KMnO, solution V2A= mi = Normality of Fe” or Mohr's salt solution Ng =? Volume of Fe” or Mohr’s salt solution V3 = 10.0 ml By the law of Equivalence (At the endpoint): V2AxNz = V3xN3 - Normality of Fe®* or Mohr's salt solution (N,)= wasn = ; Equivalent Weight of Fe iron = Molecular Weight _ 55.85 _ <5 9¢ 1 1 = Molecular Weight _ 392.14 1 Equivalent Weight of Mohr’s salt : =39214 Amount of Fe” iron present in 100 ml of the given solution Ny x55.85 we NX55-85 Grams 10 Amount of Mohr’s salt present in 100 ml of the given solutionRESULT: The amount of Fe™ Iron Present in 100 ml of the given solution=___ sg Flask No. | Amount of | Amount of ‘% Error Fe* Iron Fe** Iron given(g) _| reported (g) The amount of Mohr's salt Present in 100 mlof the given solution = g Flask No. | Amountof | Amount of % Error Mohr's salt | Mohr's salt given (g) reported (q) Precautions: 14. As the Potassium permanganate solution is highly coloured, the upper meniscus of the solution coinciding with the reading should be taken . All the other apparatus should be cleaned with tap water and wipe the work bench dry with a waste cloth after ‘completing the experiment. n Indicator: KMnO, (Self Indicator) Note: The above method can be adopted to Determine the fron content present in an iron ore, Usually the iron present in an iron ore is in the Ferric (Fe) state, So before the Determination, the ferric state present in the ore should be converted to the Ferrous (Fe”*) state by reducing with stannous chloride, SnCl, and removing the excess stannous chloride by adding Mercuric Chloride (HgClz).