Saraswati Vidya Niketan

Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE)

Chemistry- Unit 1
SBA- 4

DATE:

TITLE: Redox Titration I

AIM: To determine the percentage H2O2 in a stock solution

BACKGROUND: Hydrogen peroxide in an aqueous solution can be either act as an oxidizing or reducing
agent. It is oxidized in the presence of stronger oxidizing agents. The most common method for the quantitative
analysis of hydrogen peroxide is titration with potassium manganate VII. In this experiment, the concentration
of H2O2 will be determined by titrating with acidified potassium permanganate.

Potassium permanganate is a powerful oxidizing agent and is used to determine the concentration of a wide
variety of reducing agents. In acid medium, the purple manganite ion is reduced to manganese (II) ion which is
light pink in aqueous solution but appears colorless at the concentration used in titration.

It should be noted, titrations involving acidified potassium manganate (VII) is ‘self-indicating’. The end point
will be the appearance of the first permanent pink color that appears when potassium manganate is added to a
reducing agent.

MATERIALS AND APPARATUS: i) 0.02 moldm-3 potassium permanganate

ii) Stock solution of H2O2
iii) 1 moldm-3 sulphuric acid
iv) Retort stand
v) Pipette
vi) 25ml measuring cylinder
vii) 50ml burette
viii) 250ml conical flask
ix) Deionized water
x) 250ml volumetric flask
xi) 150ml beaker
xii) Funnel
DIAGRAM:

METHOD:
1. Fill a 50ml burette up to mark with H2O2
2. Place 32.0 cm3 of H2O2 from the burette in a 250ml volumetric flask.
3. Make up the contents of the flask to the mark with deionized water and mix thoroughly.
4. Fill a 50ml burette with potassium permanganate
5. Pipette 25 cm3 of the diluted H2O2 into a conical flask
6. Add 10 cm3 of dilute 1moldm-3 sulphuric acid to the flask
 7. Gradually titrate the H2O2 in the conical flask with permanganate from the burette
8. Repeat the experiment 4 times (consider the first, above, a rough)

RESULTS:

-Table format
-Appropriate units

CALCULATIONS AND QUESTIONS:

1. Write a balanced chemical reaction (2)
2. How many moles of potassium permanganate are used in the titration? (2)
3. How many moles of H2O2 react with the potassium permanganate in the titration? (1)
4. Calculate the concentration, in mol/dm3, of the stock H2O2 (1)
5. Calculate the concentration, in g/dm3, of the stock H2O2 (1)
6. Calculate the concentration in g/cm3, of the stock of H2O2 (1)
7. The percent H2O2 in a sample is calculated as g/cm3 × 100. Calculate the % of H2O2 in the stock solution.
(1)
8. Explain why potassium permanganate wad used in the experiment. (2)

DISCUSSION:

CONCLUSION:
MARKSCHEME:

Analysis and Interpretation Marks Marks

Allocation Scored
Criteria
Balanced chemical reaction 6
-1 mark for one incorrect state symbol
-1 mark for each incorrect compound
-1 mark if incorrectly balanced

Calculation of number of moles of potassium permanganate in titration 2

-1 mark for missing units
-1 mark for correct working, but incorrect answer

Calculation of number of number of moles of peroxide used in titration 2

Calculation of concentration (mol/dm3) of stock peroxide 3

-1 mark for missing units
-1 mark for correct working, but incorrect answer

Calculation of concentration (g/dm3) of stock peroxide 1

-1 mark for missing units
-1 mark for correct working, but incorrect answer

Calculation of concentration (g/cm3) of stock peroxide 1

-1 mark for missing units
-1 mark for correct working, but incorrect answer

Calculation of the percent H2O2 in the sample 1

Explain why potassium permanganate was used in the experiment (2) 2
Total 18
Weighted marks 12