Course No: Chem 352 Course Title: Instrumental Methods of Analysis

Sessional

Date of perforrnance: 19/01/14 Group No: 06 (A-2) Group members ID: 1002045
1002053

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Experiment No: 03 Name of the experiment: Conductometric titration of mixture of acetic acid and hvdrochloric acid by sodium hvdroxide solution

1.

OBSERYED DATA

Table 01: Observed data for standardization of sodium hvdroxide bv oxalic acid No. of
observation

Volume of NaOH solution taken/ml

0l
02 03 04

l0
10 10 10

Burette readine/ml Initial Final 7.0 27.7 1.9 22.7 22.8 43.3 6.5 27.3

Volume of oxalic acid used/ml

20.7 20.5

Mean volume acid used / ml

of

20J

/ 20.8 /

20.8-

",/

Table 02: Observed values solution added

of specific conductance

and volume of sodium hvdroxide

No. of observation

0l
02
03

o4
05

Volume of sodium hydroxide added/ml 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.9

1.2

Specific conductance, Lr/mS

3.49 3.43
3.34

06
07

08 09
10

t.4 r.6
1.9 2.1

3.23 3.05 2.89 2.78 2.66 2.53

2.41

1t
12

2.3 2.6

2.5)

2.rl

l3 t4 l5
16

2.8 3.2
3.5 3.8

2.04
1.81 1.68 1.57 1.43

t7
18

4.t
4.4 4.7 5.0
5.3

1.36
1.35

t9
20

1.35

2l
22
23

t.37
1.34 1.38
1,.39

5.6
5.9 6.3

24
25

6.7
7.0

26 27
28

29 30

7.4 7.6 8.0

8.3

1.43 1.45 1.48

l.5l
1.53

t.s6
1.59

3l
32
JJ

8.6 8.9 9.2

9.5

t.62
1.65

34
35

9.8

t.77 r.82

36
37 38 39

l0.l
10.4 10.8 11.2 I 1.5 11.9

l.9t
.2.04 2.17
2.31

40

4t
42
43

t2.3
12.7 13.0
13.3

2.47 2.63 2.72 2.88

3.05

44 45 46 47

3.22
3.35

13.6 14.0

3.50

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2.

GRAPHS

Specific Conductance vs Volume of NaOII

4
3.5
a J

2.5

Specific conductance/
mS

2
1.5

, i l"hI i I i i ilt i i I i ,

I
0.5

0 | 2 3 4 5 6 7 I 9 10 11 12 13 L4 15
Volume of NaOIVml

3.

CALCULATION

(a) Concentration of sodium hydroxide solution: Volume of oxalic acid, Vz:20.8 ml (from table 0l) Strength of oxalic acid, Sz:0.1 N Volume of sodium hydroxide taken, Vr = 10 ml Strength of sodium hydroxide, Sr : ? Now, V1 xS1 :VzXSz , 20.8 mlx0.1N :0.208 Sr: 10 ml N

(b) Concentration of hydrochloric acid: Volume of sodium hydroxide solution required to neutralize hydrochloric acid Yz:4.5 ml (from graph) Strength of sodium hydroxide , Sz:0.208 N Volume of hydrochloric acid taken , Vr : 10 ml Strength of hydrochloric acid, Sr : ? Now, V1 x51 :V2X52

Sr:

4.5 mlx0.2oBN 10 ml

:0.0936 N

(c) Mass of hydrochloric acid:

Mass of hydrochloric acid,

msq:

(SeV)g61:

0.0936Nx36.5 g x10 ml
1O0O

ml

:0.0342

(d) Concentration of acetic acid: Volume of sodium hydroxide solution required to neutralize acetic acid, Vz = ( 9.4 - 4.5)ml- 4.9 ml (from graph) of sodium hydroxide , Sz :0.208 N
$-Sength

ic acid, Sr

ix Sr:VzXSz
Sr:
4.9 mlx0.208N 10

ml

= 0.102 N

(e) Mass of acetic acid:

Mass of acetic acid, TttcH3coon: (SeV)sHrcooH: 0.102Nx609x10m1 1000ml

:0.0612g

(f)

Percentage composition of hydrochloric acid and acetic acid in the mixture:

Total mass of mixture, Mr

rrncr

IIICHTCO6g

(0.0342 + 0.0612)

g:

0.09549

o/o

composition of hydrochloric

acid:

Yx 0.09549

100% :35.8yo
,./

o/o

composition of acetic acid

:W:x L00o/o = 0.09549

64.20/o

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4.

RESULT
o/o

composition of hydrochloric acid composition of acetic acid

35.8 %

oZ

64.20/o