BTech I Sem

ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY LAB

VIVA VOCE QUESTIONS FOR MID SEM PRACTICAL EXAM

1. Which ions are responsible for alkalinity of water?

2. Can OH¯ and HCO3¯ co-exist?
3. Name the method or technique used to determine alkalinity present in water sample
4. Which indicator is used for titration of NaOH and HCl?
5. Why do we use two indicators in carbonate and bicarbonate ions determination?
6. Explain the color change in phenolphthalein and methyl orange indicator.
7. What is the pH range of phenolphthalein and methyl orange?
8. What demerits are there in using highly alkaline water?
9. Why it is necessary to neutralize the industrial wastes containing high alkalinity
before discharging to water bodies?
10. Name the forms in which chloride is present in water?
11. Name the technique for determination of chloride in water.
12. What indicator is used in Mors’s method?
13. What is the color of the precipitate that is formed in precipitation titration? Write
formula of precipitate is formed?
14. What is the equivalent weight of NaCl?
15. Why does AgNO3 combine first with chloride ions in the water and not with K2CrO4?
16. Why a blank experiment is performed in Chloride ion content determination?
17. What do you mean by Complexometric titration?
18. What is the significance of this experiment?
19. What is hard water, classify it and give some methods for softening water?
20. Can EDTA be used to remove hardness?
21. Write the reactions involved in the Complexometric titration.
22. What indicator is used in the Complexometric titration?
23. Give some characteristics of EDTA. Draw its structure. Is it bi dentate or hexa dentate?
24. The stability of which complex is more: metal-EBT complex or metal-EDTA complex?
25. What color change occurs at end point and why in Complexometric titration?
26. What are the units of hardness
27. What is Mohr’s salt? Give its formula. Is Mohr’s salt reducing agent or oxidizing
agent? What type of salt is Mohr’s salt?
28. What indicator is used in this titration? Write its formula .
29. Why the indicator is used externally? If used internally, what complex is formed and
how will it hinder the titration experiment.
30. What is the role of dilute H2SO4 in this experiment? Why is it added to the conical
flask?
31. What type of titration is involved during the determination of Fe2+ in Mohr’s salt?
32. Why FeSO4 is not used in titration instead of ferrous ammonium sulphate?
33. What are the other ores of iron? What is the significance of ferrous ammonium
sulphate?
34. What is the oxidation number of iron in ferrous ferricyanide and ferric ferricyanide?
35. What is the oxidizing agent used in this experiment?
36. What is the oxidation state of Cr in K2CrO4?
37. What is viscosity? Discuss its significance for a lubricant.
38. Discuss the effect of temperature and pressure on the viscosity of sample?
39. How is H-bonding linked to viscosity?
40. Define Absolute viscosity and Relative viscosity?
41. Name the instrument used to measure viscosity
42. What is the unit of viscosity?
43. What are the factors affecting viscosity?
44. What is the meaning of RD bottle?
45. Define the density.
46. What is the law of equivalence?
47. How do you convert Normality into g/L?
48. How is ppm related to mg/L?
49. What is a buffer solution?
50. What is a basic buffer? Give an example.