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OpenStudy (kkutie7):

Please help me =)

OpenStudy (kkutie7):

how to I get the grams of an unknown from titrating it against a primary standard?

OpenStudy (cuanchi):

you have to know something about the unknown, at least the molecular mass and how it is the reaction with the primary standard

OpenStudy (kkutie7):

All I know is that I collected a sample containing iron oxide. The sampled was .3545g 10mL of nanopure water, 10mL 12 M HCL, 2.0 M SnCl2 (this was done dropwise so I have no idea how much), .2M mercury (II) chloride, 100 mL of nanopure water and 10 mL 1:2 M H2SO4/16 M H3PO4. The primary standard was a stock solution with the concentration of 54.9278 g/L it was diluted to 250 mL of .018 M K2Cr2O7.

OpenStudy (kkutie7):

it took 27.91 M to do the titration

OpenStudy (kkutie7):

* mL

OpenStudy (kkutie7):

this is redox by the way

OpenStudy (cuanchi):

I am trying to figure out what is the reaction do you have a reference book o lab manual?

OpenStudy (cuanchi):

K2Cr2O7 it is your primary standard?

OpenStudy (cuanchi):

You want to determine the Fe concentration in your sample?

OpenStudy (cuanchi):

something like this experiment? http://staff.buffalostate.edu/nazareay/che112/chromate.htm

OpenStudy (cuanchi):

Cr2O72- + 6 Fe2+ + 14H+ → 2Cr3+ + 6 Fe3+ + 7H2O

OpenStudy (cuanchi):

All the Fe in the sample is first converted to Fe2+then the Fe2+ titrated by K2CrO72-

OpenStudy (anonymous):

biily

OpenStudy (kkutie7):

yes that looks right but were did the K2 go in the overall reaction?

OpenStudy (cuanchi):

it is an spectator ion if you put Cr207k2 in the reactants you can add 2K+ in the products and it is not going to affect the 6e- exchange per mol of Cr207k2. And the same number of atoms and charge in both sides (26+) Cr2O7K2 + 6 Fe2+ + 14H+ → 2Cr3+ + 6 Fe3+ + 7H2O + 2K+

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