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REPORT ON

Experiment No- 14
Title- Chlorine Demand Test of Water

Name- Asmita Das Date of Performance- 26/10/21

Semester- 5th Date of Submission- 02/11/21
Branch- Civil Engineering Roll No-510419131
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Chlorine Demand Test of Water

OBJECT:
The chlorine demand of a sample is the amount of chlorine required to leave free residual chlorine in
the sample after a specific contact time. Chlorine demand test is conducted to determine the amount of
chlorine that must be added to a particular water to leave desired residual chlorine after a specified
period and to find out the breakpoint chlorine dose.

REAGENTS:
a. Stock chlorine solution
b. Phosphate buffer solution: Dissolve 12g anhydrous Na2HPO4 and 23g anhydrous KH2PO4 in
50ml distilled water. Combine this solution with EDTA solution (0.4g EDTA dissolved in 50 ml
distilled water). Dilute to 500ml with distilled water. Add 0.01g HgCl2 to prevent growth. HgCl2 is
toxic.
c. DPD indicator solution: Dissolve 0.55g anhydrous DPD Sulphate in Chlorine free distilled water
containing 4ml (1+3) H2SO4 and 0.1g EDTA. Make up the volume to 500ml. Store in a brown colored
glass bottle. Discard when discolored.
d. Standard ferrous ammonium sulfate (FAS) solution: Dissolve 0.553gm
Fe (NH4)2(SO4)2.6H2O in distilled water containing 0.5ml of (1+3) H2SO4 and make up the volume to
500ml with freshly boiled and cooled distilled water.
e. Potassium iodide crystals

GLASSWARE:
Six beakers (1 L each), measuring cylinders, conical flasks, pipettes and burettes.

PROCEDURE:
a. Determine available chlorine in the Stock chlorine solution (prepared in the laboratory by adding
Conc. Hydrochloric acid over Potassium Permanganate and then collected in an amber colour bottle
containing distilled water) using DPD (N,N- diethyl-p-phenylenediamine) - Ferrous titrimetric
method.
b. Using a staggered schedule, add different volumes of stock chlorine solution in six beakers,
containing the raw water, to make the varying final chlorine concentration and stir while adding. The
final volume in each beaker should be 500 mL.
c. After 20 minutes of detention time, determine the residual chlorine in each beaker taking 100ml
from each beaker.
d. Draw applied chlorine dose vs. residual chlorine curve.

METHODS:

DPD - Ferrous titrimetric methodfor Total Chlorine

Place 5 mL each of buffer and DPD indicator solution in conical flask and mix. Add 100 mL sample
or aliquot and add about 1 g KI and mix to dissolve. Let stand for 2 minutes and titrate rapidly with
standard FAS solution until red wine colour is discharged.

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0.9

0.8
Residual chlorine in mg/L

0.7

0.6

0.5

0.4

0.3

0.2

0.1

0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5
Applied chlorine in mg/L

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