Core Practical 13B

Answers to questions Core Practical 13B

– –
1. IO3 + 5I + 6H → 3I2 + 3H2O
+

–
2. This reaction is carried out so that all the potassium iodate is used up in oxidising some of the I
ions to I2.
–
→ 2I + S4O6
2– 2–
3. I2 + 2S2O3 reducing it
–
4. Sodium thiosulfate is used in the titration as it will react with the I2 producing I . This will cause
the colour of the reaction mixture to change from yellow to colourless.
5. The colour change from pale yellow to colourless is very difficult to see. The starch helps to
make the end-point visible as it produces a vivid colour change of blue-black to colourless.
6. Starch solution is not added at the start as it forms an insoluble complex with iodine.
7. The results might vary depending on the concentrations used. But if the average titre was
3 –3
13.60 cm and the concentration of sodium thiosulfate was 0.1 mol dm , then:
volume
number of moles = concentration ×
1000
13.6
number of moles thiosulfate = 0.1 × = 0.00136 mol
1000
From the balanced ionic equation, we can see that the ratio of moles of iodine to thiosulfate is
1 : 2. This means that the number of moles of iodine is 0.00136 ÷ 2 = 0.00068 mol
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8. From the first equation worked out in Question 1 (IO3 + 5I + 6H → 3I2 + 3H2O), the ratio of
iodine to iodate is 3 : 1.
number of moles of potassium iodate(V) = 0.00068 ÷ 3
number of moles of potassium iodate(V) = 0.00022667 mol
number of moles
concentration =
volume in dm3

0.00022667
concentration of potassium iodate(V) =
25  1000
–3
concentration of potassium iodate(V) = 0.00906667 mol dm

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Core Practical 13B
9. If the conical flask was rinsed out with the solution it was to contain, then traces of the solution
would remain. This would mean that you would not know precisely the amount of the solution in
the flask.
Answers to exam-style questions
3 3 3 3
1. (a) Omit 28.1 cm , 23.5 cm and calculate the mean from 21.0 cm and 21.1 cm .
3
21.0 + 21.1 = 21.05 cm
(1)
(b) Using the equation: number of moles = (volume × concentration) ÷ 1000
Number of moles of thiosulfate = (21.05 × 0.2) ÷ 1000
Number of moles of thiosulfate = 0.004 21
(1)
(c) Using the equation from the original experiment:
2Na2S2O3 + I2  2NaI + Na2S4O6
It can be seen that 2 moles of sodium thiosulfate react with 1 mole of iodine, so
the ratio is 2:1. Using the value from 1(b) 0.004 21 for moles of thiosulfate, the
moles of iodine = 0.002 105.

Use the equation showing how iodine is formed from iodate(V) and iodide ions:
- + -
IO3 + 6H + 5I  3H2O+ 3I2
It can be seen that 1 mole of iodate(V) ions make 3 moles of iodine. This time
the ratio is 1 : 3.
With the value of 0.002 105 for moles of iodine, this value needs to be divided
by three to find the moles of iodate(V).
0.002 105 ÷ 3 = 0.000 701 67 moles of iodate(V) in the solution
3
So the concentration of potassium(V) iodate= number of moles ÷ volume (dm )
3 3
0.000 701 67 ÷ (21.05 cm which needs to be divided by 1000 to get the value in dm )
-3
0.000 701 67 ÷ 0.02105 = 0.033 333 49 mol dm
(4)

Sample data

Rough 1 2 3 4
3
Initial reading/cm 0 14.2 28.0 0 13.5
3
Final reading/cm 14.2 28.0 41.6 13.5 27.1
3
Titre/cm 14.2 13.8 13.6 13.5 13.6
Concordant (Y/N) N Y Y Y

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