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EXPERMENT10.3 Prepare 20;solution offerrous ammonium sulphate (Mohr's salt). Using

this solution find out the nmolarity nd strength of the given KMnO.4
solution.

CHEMICAL EQUATIONS
Molecular equations 2KMnO, +3H,S0, ’ K,SO, + 2MnSO, +3H,0 + 5[0]
2FeSO,(NH),S0,6H,0 +H,80, +[0) ’Fe,(80,), +2NH,),So, +13H,0] x5
2KMnO, +SH,S0, +10FeSo,NH,),S0,6H,0K,s0, +2Mns0, +5Fe,(80),+10NH),SO, +68H,0
lonicequations
MnO, + 8H* + 5e. ’ Mn + 4H,0
Fe2+ ’Fest +e ]x 5

MnO,+ 8H+ + 5Fe2+ ’ 5FeBt + Mn2+ + 4H,0

INDICATOR
KMnO, is a self-indicator. -
ENDPOINT
Colourless to permanent pink colour (KMnO, in burette).
PROCEDURE
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1. Prepare 250 ml of Mohr's salt solution by dissolving 4.9 g of Mohr's salt in water as described in
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experiment 10.1. Rinse the pipette with the M Mohr's salt solution and pipette out 20.0 ml of
20 it in a
washed titration flask.
2. Rinse and fill the burette with the given KMn0, solution.
3. Add one testtube (- 20 ml) full of dilutesulphuric acid(-2 M)
to the solution in titration flask.
4. Note the initial reading of the burette.
5. Now add KMnO, solution fromn the burette till a
the titration flask on addition of last single droppermanent light pink colour is imparted to the solution m
of KMnO, solution.
6. Note the final reading of the burette.
7. Repeat the above steps 4-5 times to get a set of three
concordant readings.
OBSERVATIONS
Neight of watch glass
Weight of watch glass + Mohr's salt
Weight of Mohr's salt = 4.90 g
Nolumeof Mohr'ssalt solution prepared = 250 ml
 Molarity of Mohrs salt solution = M/20
Volume of Mohr's salt solution taken for each titration = 20.0 ml
S. No. Initialreading of the burette Final readingof the burette Volume of the KMnO, solution used

1. 2.00 21.50 19.50 ml

2. ml
3. ml
4. ml

Concordant volume = x ml (say)

CALCULATIONS

(a) Molarity of the KMnO, solution

From the overall balanced chemical equation, it is clear that 2moles of KMnO, reacts with 10 moles of Mohr's
salt.
MKMno, XVKMnO, 2
MMohr's salt X VMohr's salt 10
where M6Mn0, = Molarity of KMnO, solution
VKMn0, = Volume of KMnO, solution
MMohr's salt = Molarity of Mohr's salt solution
VMohr's salt = Volume of Mohr'ssalt solution
MKMnO, X * 2
1/20x 20 10
2,1_ 2
MMnO, 10 10x
(b) Strength of the KMn0, solution
Molar mass of KMnO, = 158 g mol
Strength (in g/L) = Molarity x Molar mass
2
x 158 g L!
10%