DIPLOMA IN PLANT ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY (MECHANICAL)

SESI MEI-OKTOBER 2021

DPV 10402 CHEMISTRY

Report Writing:
GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS
&
DETERMINE THE CONCENTRATION OF UNKNOWN SILVER
NITRATE SOLUTION

PREPARED BY:

NAMA MATRIX NUMBER

MUHAMMAD HANIF ASHRAN BIN 333691226449
HISHAM

LECTURER:
EN. MOHD RIDZUAN BIN SAARI
 TABLE OF CONTENTS:
NO Contents
1 Topic, Tools and Theory/Introduction
Subtopic: Introduction to quantitative chemistry
1.1 Tools, materials, and equipment’s
1.2 Introduction of Gravimetric analysis
2 Procedure and Result
2.1 Procedure
2.2 Result
3 Discussion
4 Conclusion, and References
1. Topic, Tools and Theory/Introduction Topic: introduction to
quantitative chemistry

Introduction to quantitative chemistry

-Chemistry is the science of materials around us, such as air, water, rocks, and plant
and animal substances. Much of chemistry involves describing these materials and
the changes they undergo.
The science of matter is also addressed by physics, but while physics takes a more
general and fundamental approach, chemistry is more specialized, being concerned
with the composition, behavior (or reaction), structure, and properties of matter, as
well as the changes it undergoes during chemical reactions.
There are two branch of chemistry which is qualitative and quantitative science. A
qualitative science determines the presence or absence of a particular compound,
but not
the mass or concentration. Qualitative tells ‘what’ is in a sample. A quantitative
science is a branch of chemistry that deals with the determination of the how much
amount or
percentage of one or more constituents of a sample. Quantitative tells ‘how much’
is in a sample.

Topic Introduction to chemistry and

measurement
Subtopic: Introduction to quantitative chemistry

Student Learning Outcomes: The objectives of this laboratory are:

1.To understand the concept of

gravimetric analysis.

2.To determine amount of analyte

precipitate.

3.To predict the percentage of analyte

precipitate.

4.The calculations involved in the

preparation of solutions using solid and
liquid solutes.

5. The basics of gravimetric analysis

that involve preparing, collecting,
treating, and weighing a precipitate and
the use of a gravimetric factor in
calculations.
 1.1 Tools, materials and equipment’s
Materials
-Distilled H2O / water 3.0 L, Sodium Chloride / NaCl, Silver
Nitrate / AgNO3, Solution 3 / Unknown Silver Nitrate dissolved in
water 0.1 L.

Equipment’s
250 mL Beaker (0.25 L), 1000 mL Beaker (1 L)

1.2 Introduction of Gravimetric analysis

- Gravimetric analysis, by definition, includes all methods of analysis in which the
final stage of the analysis involves weighing. Gravimetric analysis is one of the
most accurate and precise methods of macro quantitative measurable analysis.
Gravimetric analysis is also a class of lab techniques used to determine the mass or
concentration of a substance by measuring a change in mass. The chemical we are
trying to quantify is sometimes called the analyte. The steps commonly followed in
gravimetric analysis are (1) preparation of a solution containing a known weight of the
sample, (2) separation of the desired constituent, (3) weighing the isolated
constituent, and (4) computation of the amount of the constituent in the sample from
the observed weight of the isolated substance.

- There are four fundamental types of gravimetric analysis: physical gravimetry,

thermogravimetry, precipitative gravimetric analysis, and electrodeposition. These
differ in the preparation of the sample before weighing of the analyte. The methods
involve changing the phase of the analyte to separate it in its pure form from the
original mixture and are quantitative measurements.
 2. Procedure and Result
2.1 Procedure
1. Prepared all the apparatus and material

2. NaCl mass is obtained by using formula of mole and the NaCl poured into a 250ml
beaker

3. Then,100 ml of distilled water was poured into the same 250 ml beaker

4. The NaCl solution is duplicated to three beaker or more

5. Solution 3 added into a new beaker

6. Prepared 1000 ml beaker and the solution 3 were put in the beaker

7. Then, the solution of NaCl in the 250 ml beaker were poured slowly to the previous
1000 ml beaker until it has reached a fixed AgCl value
2.2 Result
3. DISCUSSION
4.Conclusion and References

4.1 Conclusion
- Silver nitrate is an inorganic compound with chemical formula AgNO3. This
salt is a versatile precursor to many other silver compounds, such as those used in
photography. The advantage of gravimetric analysis is that if the procedures are
followed carefully, it provides for exceedingly precise and accurate analysis. The
disadvantages are that this method is time consuming and must be very careful in
the whole experiment.

- Based on the data of the experiment, to find the mass of Silver Nitrate it can
determine through the mass of Silver Chloride that formed by mixing or combining of
Sodium Chloride and Silver Nitrate. Solution 3 which is unknown Silver Nitrate
dissolved in water 0.1 L will mixed with 0.1M of Sodium Chloride solution. After that,
a white solid (Silver Chloride) formed, and the mass Silver Chloride can be used to
calculate moles of that solution. By using moles, we can determine the mass of
Silver Nitrate by using this formula,

Reference
• https://youtu.be/S6n-q1gMqcM
• https://youtu.be/oLlcUJ2naIQ
• http://chemcollective.org/activities/autograded/110