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AS Practical – Quantitative Question

Question 1

FC 1 contains an unknown concentration of HCl

FC 2 is a solution containing 5.00 g dm-3 of sodium hydroxide, NaOH.

You are required to titrate the alkali with the acid and use your results to determine
the concentration of the acid.

(a) Fill the burette with solution FC2

Pipette 25.0 cm3 of FC2 into a conical flask and add a few drops of methyl
orange indicator. The colour of methyl orange turns yellow.

Run FC1 from the burette unti l the orange colour of mixture is obtained.
This is the end point of the titration.

Record your burette readings in Table 1.1.

Table 1.1

I II III

Final burette 16.25 21.80 38.00

reading/ cm3

Initial burette 0.00 5.55 21.80

reading/cm3

Volume of FC1
used/cm3

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Tick the appropriate volume of FC1 you used to calculate your average
volume in the titration.

25.0 cm3 of FC2 react completely with ………………………..cm3 of FC1.

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(b) Write a balanced chemical equation for the reaction between FC1 and FC2.

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(c) Calculate the number of moles of sodium hydroxide in 25.0 cm3 of FC2.
(Na=23.1,O=16.0,H=1.0)

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(d) Use your results to determine the exact concentration of the HCl in FC1.

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Question 2

You are required to identify the metal ion of a carbonate present in FC3. FC3 is a
solid which is insoluble in water.

You are to weigh about 1 g of FC3 in a beaker.

To make a solution of FC3, add about 200 cm3 of FC1 into the beaker containing FC3
until all the solid dissolve in the acid. The solution is then make up to 250 cm3 in a
volumetric flask using a burette filled with FC1. Label the solution as FC4. Mix the
solution well.

A sample of the solution in the volumetric flask is then removed using a 25 cm3
pipette and transfer to a 250 cm3 flask. Add methyl orange into the solution. The
colour of the indicator changes to red.

Filled the second burette with FC2 and titrate it against the solution FC4 until the
mixture turns orange. Record the reading of the burette in table 2.1

(a) Record the mass of FC3 in Table 2.1.

Mass of the empty 35.58

250 cm3 beaker/g

Mass of the empty 36.76

beaker and FC3/g

Mass of the FC3

used/g

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Record your burette readings in Table 2.2.

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Table 2.2

I II III

Final burette 19.45 38.95 19.40

reading/ cm3

Initial burette 0.00 19.45 0.00

reading/cm3

Volume of FC2
used/cm3

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Tick the appropriate volume of FC1 you used to calculate your average
volume in the titration.

25.0 cm3 of FC4 react completely with ………………………..cm3 of FC2.

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(b) Calculate the number of moles of FC2 in the volume of the titration used.

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(c) Calculate the number of moles of acid present in 25.0 cm3 of FC4

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(d) Calculate the total number of moles of HCl acid present in 250 cm3 of FC1.

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(e) Use your results in (c) and (d) to determine the number of moles of HCl
that reacted with FC3 used.
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The equation for the reaction of metal carbonate with the acid :

XCO3(s) +2HCl(aq)  XCl2(aq) + CO2(g) + H2O(l)

(f) Calculate the number of moles of XCO3 that reacted with HCl.

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(g) Determine the relative atomic mass of X in the XCO3.(Ar,C=12.0;O=16.0).

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