ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY LECTURE | BS MEDICAL BIOLOGY
Argentometric titrations are titrations based on the
PAA #3
Question 1
How would you prepare 2.00 L of 0.010 M barium
hydroxide from the commercially available solid
barium hydroxide octahydrate?
 Given:
Barium hydroxide octahydrate: Ba(OH)2 • 8H2O
Mw(Ba) = 137.327 g/mol; Mw(O) = 15.999 g/mol; Mw(H)
= 1.008 g/mol
 
Select one:
Dissolve 6.3 g of solid barium hydroxide
octahydrate in water and dilute to 2.00 L total volume.
Dissolve 8.4 g of solid barium hydroxide
octahydrate in water and dilute to 2.00 L total volume.
Dissolve 12.6 g of solid barium hydroxide
octahydrate in water and dilute to 2.00 L total volume.
Dissolve 3.2 g of solid barium hydroxide
octahydrate in water and dilute to 2.00 L total volume.
Question 2
How would you prepare 2.00 L of 0.150 M HCl from a
reagent that has a density of 1.0579 g/mL and is
11.50% HCl (w/w)?
Select one:
Dilute 15 mL reagent to 2.00 L total volume.
Dilute 45 mL reagent to 2.00 L total volume.
Dilute 90 mL reagent to 2.00 L total volume.
Dilute 120 mL reagent to 2.00 L total volume.
Question 3
Define argentometric titrations.
Select one:
Argentometric titrations are titrations based on the
formation of precipitates with standard solutions of
silver chloride.
Argentometric titrations are titrations based on the
formation of precipitates with standard solutions of
silver bromide.
Argentometric titrations are titrations based on the
formation of precipitates with standard solutions of
silver nitrate.
formation of precipitates with standard solutions of
mercury chloride.
Question 4
In what respect is the Fajans method superior to the
Volhard method for the titration of chloride ion?
 
Select one:
The Fajans determination of chloride involves a direct
titration, while a Volhard titration requires two standard
solutions and a filtration step to remove AgCl before
back titration of the excess SCN–.
The Fajans determination of chloride involves a
direct titration, while a Volhard titration requires two
standard solutions and a filtration step to remove AgCl
before back titration of the excess Cl–.
The Fajans determination of chloride involves a
direct titration, while a Volhard titration requires an
additional filtration step to remove AgCl before back
titration of the excess Cl–.
The Fajans determination of chloride involves only
a back titration, while a Volhard titration requires two
standard solutions and a filtration step to remove AgCl
before back titration of the excess SCN
Question 5
A silver nitrate solution contains 14.77 g of primary-
standard AgNO3 (Mw = 169.873 g/mol) in 1.00 L. What
volume of this solution will be needed to complete the
precipitation titration with 25.00 mL of 0.05361 M
Na3PO4?
 
Select one:
17.55 mL
38.23 mL
46.24 mL
21.20 mL
Question 6
Flash chromatography is a subclass of
Select one:
... planar chromatography.
... column chromatography.
... gas chromatography.
... affinity chromatography.
Question 7
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Dead or void time in a chromatogram is
12.78 mL
Select one:
34.84 mL
... a measure of the average rate of migration of the
mobile phase. 25.64 mL
... the time it takes for an unretained species to 69.68 mL
pass through a chromatographic column.
Question 12
... the time required for molecules of the mobile
phase to pass through the column.
Titration of Ca2+ and Mg2+ in a 50.00-mL sample of hard
... all of the above. water required 23.65 mL of 0.01205 M EDTA. Calculate
the total hardness of the water sample, expressed as
Question 8 ppm CaCO3 (Mw = 100.0869 g/mol). Note that water
hardness is approximately equal to the
Proteins can be desalinated using CaCO3 concentration (in ppm), which can be estimated
Select one: as a sum of Ca2+ and Mg2+ concentrations (in ppm).
... column chromatography on silica gel.
 
... gas chromatography. Select one:
... size exclusion chromatography. 422.5 ppm
... paper chromatography.. 245.6 ppm
892.2 ppm
Question 9
570.5 ppm
A solution contains 1.569 mg of CoSO4 (Mw = 155.0
g/mol) per milliliter. Calculate the volume of 0.007840 Question 13
M EDTA needed to titrate a 25.00-mL aliquot of this
solution. Titration of Ca2+ and Mg2+ in a 50.00-mL sample of hard
water required 23.65 mL of 0.01205 M EDTA. A second
Select one: 50.00-mL aliquot was made strongly basic with NaOH
to precipitate Mg2+ as Mg(OH)2(s). The supernatant
16.15 mL liquid was titrated with 14.53 mL of the EDTA solution.
32. 28 mL Calculate the concentration of MgCO 3 in the sample (in
ppm). 
22. 75 mL
49 .52 mL Given: Mw(CaCO3) = 100.0869 g/mol; Mw(MgCO3) =
84.3139 g/mol.
Question 10
 
A solution contains 1.569 mg of CoSO4 (Mw = 155.0 Select one:
g/mol) per milliliter. Calculate the volume of 0.009275
98.50 ppm
M Zn2+ needed to titrate the excess reagent after
addition of 50.00 mL of 0.007840 M EDTA to a 25.00- 18 5.3 ppm
mL aliquot of this solution.
467.2 ppm
  309.5 ppm
Select one:
Question 14
14.98 mL
6.43 mL What types of organic nitrogen-containing compounds
tend to yield low results with the Kjeldahl method
30.15 mL
unless special precautions are taken?
27.45 mL
 
Question 11 Select one:
Amines and amides.
Calculate the volume of 0.0500 M EDTA needed to
titrate 29.13 mL of 0.0598 M Mg(NO3)2.  Amines and compounds containing nitro groups.
Compounds containing nitro, azo, and azoxy
Select one: groups.
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Amides and compounds containing nitro and azoxy
groups.
Question 15
A 0.917-g sample of canned tuna was analysed by the
Kjeldahl method. A volume of 20.59 mL of 0.1249 M
HCl was required to titrate the liberated ammonia.
Calculate the percentage of nitrogen (Mw = 14.007
g/mol) in the sample.
0.0607 g tartaric acider 100 mL
Question 18
The formaldehyde (HCHO; Mw = 30.026 g/mol) content
of a pesticide preparation was determined by weighing
0.2985 g of the liquid pesticide sample into a flask
containing 50.0 mL of 0.0959 M NaOH and 50 mL of 3%
hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). Upon heating, the following
reaction took place:

  OH- + HCHO + H2O2 → HCOO- + 2H2O

Select one:
After cooling, the excess base was titrated with 22.71
1.97% mL of 0.053700 M H2SO4. Calculate the percentage of
3.93% formaldehyde in the sample.
8.48%
Select one:
15.2%
23.7%
Question 16 14.2%
42.5%
The concentration of a perchloric acid solution was
established by titration against primary standard 68.3%
sodium carbonate (product: CO2), and the following
data were obtained: Question 19

A 3.00-L sample of urban air was bubbled through a

Calculate the average molar concentration of the acid
from the data.
solution containing 50.0 mL of 0.0116 M Ba(OH) 2,
which caused the CO2 in the sample to precipitate as
BaCO3. The excess base was back-titrated to a
phenolphthalein end point with 23.6 mL of 0.0108 M
HCl. Calculate concentration of CO 2 in the air in parts
per million (that is, mL CO2/106 mL air).

Given: Mw(Na2CO3) = 105.99 g/mol. Given: Density of CO2 is 1.98 g/L; Mw(CO2) = 44.01
g/mol.
Select one:
0.1077 M HClO4
Select one:
0.0351 M HClO4
0.085 ppm
0.3245 M HClO4
4.48 ppm
0.8942 M HClO4
3.35 × 103 ppm
Question 17 104.6 ppm
Question 20
A 50.00-mL sample of a white dinner wine required
24.57 mL of 0.03291 M NaOH to achieve a Calculate the energy, in Joules, of one photon of green
phenolphthalein end point. Express the acidity of the light from a green LED whose wavelength is 530 nm.
wine in grams of tartaric acid (H 2C4H4O6; Mw = 150.09
g/mol) per 100 mL. (Assume that two hydrogens of the Given: h (Planck’s constant) = 6.63 × 10 -34 J·s; c (velocity
acid are titrated per one molecule of sodium of light) = 3.00 × 108 m/s.
hydroxide.)
Select one:
Select one:
8.26 × 10-19 Joules
0.0855 g tartaric acid per 100 mL
3.75 × 10-19 Joules
0.1214 g tartaric acid per 100 mL
2.12 × 10-20 Joules
0.2428 g tartaric acid per 100 mL
4.50 × 10-18 Joules
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