ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY TEST2 / MAY 2020/CHM421

UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA

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ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS

QUESTION 1 (13 MARKS)

a) Differentiate between sample and population.

(2 marks)

b) Identify the suitable container should be used to store the acidic and basic liquid
samples.
(2 marks)

c) i) Give two types of error in analytical chemistry.

(2 marks)

ii) In preparing a sample solution for analysis, the pipet used actually delivered 4.92
mL instead of 5 mL it was supposed to deliver. State what type of error occurs in
this sample preparation.
(1 mark)

d) Describe the importance of drying sample in analysis.

(2 marks)

e) State four methods for decomposing samples.

(4 marks)
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QUESTIONS 2 (17 MARKS)

a) Four analysts have each performed a set of 5 titrations for which the correct titre is
known to be 25.00 cm3. The results are tabulated below.

Analysts Titre values (cm3)

(A) Amelia 25.95 25.80 26.00 26.10 26.20
(B) Basirah 27.10 23.00 23.80 26.50 25.20
(C) Chan 23.80 23.90 22.90 25.50 26.90
(D) Dalia 25.40 25.50 24.90 25.50 24.80

Indicate two analysts have results that gives

i) Good accuracy
ii) Poor accuracy
iii) Good precision
iv) Poor precision
(4 marks)

b) Using the result obtained from Question1a) by Analyst Basirah,

i) calculate the 95% confidence limit of titre values.
(6 marks)
ii) determine within what range you are 95% confident that the true value lies.
(2 marks)

c) A soil sample known to contain 25.15 mg kg-1 of polyaromatics hydrocarbons (PAH)

was tested using Fluorimetry, an alternative method to determine PAH. The results for
four analyses were found to give mean = 22.97 mg kg -1. Do the data indicate there is
bias in the method at 99% confidence level if s = 1.25 mg kg-1.
(5 marks)

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