PRACTICAL 9:

STANDARDIZATION OF
APPROXIMATELY 0.01M
EDTA WITH A SOLUTION
OF MAFNESIUM SULPHATE
USING THE DOUBLE
BURETTE TECHNIQUE

Manyoni N
Student no.: 22026724
Group: B
Date : 14 May 2021
Tittle: STANDARDIZATION OF EDTA WITH A SOLUTION OF MAGNESIUM
SULPHATE USING THE DOUBLE BURETTE TECHNIQUE

Aim: Standardizing EDTA with magnesium sulphate to determine the exact concentration of
EDTA solution

INTRODUCTION

Many metals react with electron pair donors to shape coordination compounds or complex
ions. The formation of a selected elegance of coordinating compounds, referred to as
chelates, are particularly perfect for quantitative methods. A chelate is formed when a metal
ion coordinate with two or more donor groups of ligands. Tertiary amine compounds such as
ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) are broadly used for the formation of chelates. The
chelation response among EDTA and many metallic ions has a completely massive
equilibrium constant.

Complexometric titrations with EDTA has been suggested for the evaluation of almost all
metal ions. Because EDTA has four acidic protons, the formation of metal ions/EDTA
complexes is dependent up the pH. For titration of Mg 2+ solution, one should buffer the
solution to a pH of 10 so that complex formation will be quantitative. The reaction of edta
with Mg2+ can be expressed as follows:
Mg2+ + H2Y → MgY + 2H

EDTA, the molecular structure of that is proven to the left under, is the maximum beneficial
member of a category of compounds referred to as aminopolycarboxylic acids. EDTA
undergoes successive acid dissociations to shape a negatively charged ion, shown below:
This ion has the capacity to “wrap” itself round positive metal ions in water solution. This

process is referred to as chelation or complex formation. The response is continually 1 mol of

EDTA to 1 mol of metal ion.
Except for the alkali metal ions of charge +1, most metal ions in aqueous solution react with
EDTA to form complex ions in solution. The 3-dimensional form of 1 such complex ion. All
metal ions react with EDTA withinside the mol ratio of 1:1.

The end point of the titration is determined by the addition of Eriochrome Black T, which
forms a coloured chalet with Mg+ and undergoes a colour change when Mg+ is released

PROCEDURE

n
C=
V
n = CV
= 0.01 X 0.25
= 0.0025 mols

m
n=
M
m
2.5 ×10−3=
246.47
m=0.616 175 g

C 1 V 1=C 2 V 2
0.01 ×100=0.1V 2
V 2=10 ml of edta

Exact 0.6075g MgSO4.7H2O was weighed and dissolved in a 250ml volumetric flask.
0.01M EDTA was prepared by diluting the provided 0.1 EDTA into a 100ml
volumetric flask.
 30ml of deionised water and 5ml of buffer solution were transferred to a conical flask
and 20ml of the Mg+ solution is dispensed from a burette into the flask and heated to
approximately 50°C.
3-5 drops were added to the mixture. The color of the solution became wine-red on
mixing.
This solution was then titrated with standard EDTA solution (taken in the other
burette) until the wine-red colour turns blue.
The titration was repeated 3 times by adding an increment of 5ml of the Mg+ solution.

RESULTS
Mass of MgSO4 (g)
Weight of container + sample (g) 5.6637 g
Weight of container (g) 5.0562 g
Weight of the sample(g) 0.6075 g
Burette readings
No. of observation Initial burette Final burette Volume of EDTA
readings of EDTA readings of EDTA used
(ml) (ml)
1. 0.40 22.00 21.60 ml
2. 22.00 23.28 1.28 ml
3. 23.28 23.91 0.63 ml
4. 23.91 25.40 1.49 ml

21.60+1.28+0.63+1.49
V av = =6.25 ml
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DISCUSSION
CONCLUSION
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