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CHM420 - Lab Report - Experiment 7
CHM420 - Lab Report - Experiment 7
INTRODUCTION
Oxidation-reduction processes involve electrons transfer from one species to another.
Potassium permanganate has been widely used as an oxidizing agent and requires no indicator
unless very dilute solutions are used. The oxidizing action of KMnO4 in the acidic medium can
be represented by the following equation:
MnO4- + 8H+ + 5e- Mn2+ + 4H2O
Solution containing MnO4- ions are purple in colour and the solution containing Mn2+ ions
are colourless and hence permanganate solution is decolourised when added to a solution of a
reducing agent.
OBJECTIVE
To standardize the potassium permanganate solution by titration method
RESULTS
Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3
Mass of sodium oxalate 0.364 g 0.345 g 0.311 g
Final burette reading (mL) 10.80 28.00 38.00
Initial burette reading 0.0 21.30 28.00
(mL)
Volume of KMnO4 (mL) 10.80 6.70 10.00
DISCUSSION
Since we just need to utilize the right amount and concentration of potassium
permanganate in this experiment, standardization of the compound is essential. Na2C2O4 solution
act as a reducing agent as well as a primary standardized potassium permanganate.
During the titration, the colour of the solution from colourless to pink slowly. This colour
change indicates that the equivalence point in obtained.
There are a few possibility errors that will be occurs in this experiment. The first error
that could be happen is systematic errors-parallax error. The precaution needed to be taken to
avoid the error is to ensure our eye level is perpendicular to the scale of the measuring
instruments.
CONCLUSION
In conclusion, standardization of the potassium permanganate solution by titration
method is achieved, with a correct amount and concentration of potassium permanganate used.
QUESTIONS
1. Write the overall chemical equation for the redox reaction between potassium
permanganate and sodium oxalate.
2MnO4- (aq) + 5C2O42- (aq) + 16H+ (g) 2Mn2+ (aq) 10CO2 (g) + 4H2O (l)
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Law, J., & Rennie, R. (2020). A Dictionary of Chemistry (Oxford Quick Reference) (8th ed.).
Scholz, F., & Kahlert, H. (2019). Chemical equilibria in analytical chemistry : the
theory of acid-base, complex, precipitation and redox equilibria. Springer.