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Engineering Chemistry Lab Manual
Engineering Chemistry Lab Manual
LAB MANUAL
ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY LAB INDEX
I. Preparation of Aspirin
PSO1 To produce engineering professional capable of analyzing and synthesizing mechanical systems
including allied engineering streams.
PSO2 An ability to adopt and integrate current technologies in the design and manufacturing domain to
enhance the employability.
PSO3 To build the nation, by imparting technological inputs and managerial skills to become technocrats.
ATTAINMENT OF PROGRAM OUTCOMES & PROGRAM SPECIFIC OUTCOMES
AERO CSE CIVIL ECE EEE IT MECH
Program Program Program Program Program Program Program Program Program Program Program Program Program Program
EXPT.No.
Outcomes Specific Outcomes Specific Outcomes Specific Outcomes Specific Outcomes Specific Outcomes Specific Outcomes Specific
Attained Outcomes Attained Outcomes Attained Outcomes Attained Outcomes Attained Outcomes Attained Outcomes Attained Outcomes
Attained Attained Attained Attained Attained Attained Attained
PO1, PO2, PSO2, PO1, PO2, PSO1, PO1, PO2, PSO2, PO1, PO2, PSO3 PO1, PO2, PSO2 PO1, PO2, PSO2 PO1, PO2, PSO1,
I. PO3 PSO3 PO3 PSO2 PO3 PSO3, PO3 PO3 PO3 PO3 PSO3
PSO4
PO1, PO2, PSO2, PO1, PO2, PSO1, PO1, PO2, PSO2, PO1, PO2, PSO3 PO1, PO2, PSO2 PO1, PO2, PSO2 PO1, PO2, PSO1,
II. PO3 PSO3 PO3 PSO2 PO3 PSO3, PO3 PO3 PO3 PO3 PSO3
PSO3
PO1, PO2, PSO2, PO1, PO2, PSO1, PO1, PO2, PSO2, PO1, PO2, PSO3 PO1, PO2, PSO2 PO1, PO2, PSO2 PO1, PO2, PSO1,
III. PO3 PSO3 PO3 PSO2 PO3 PSO3, PO3 PO3 PO3 PO3 PSO3
PSO4
PO1, PO2, PSO2, PO1, PO2, PSO1, PO1, PO2, PSO2, PO1, PO2, PSO3 PO1, PO2, PSO2 PO1, PO2, PSO2 PO1, PO2, PSO1,
IV. PO3 PSO3 PO3 PSO2 PO3 PSO3, PO3 PO3 PO3 PO3 PSO3
PSO4
PO1, PO2, PSO2, PO1, PO2, PSO1, PO1, PO2, PSO2, PO1, PO2, PSO3 PO1, PO2, PSO2 PO1, PO2, PSO2 PO1, PO2, PSO1,
V. PO3 PSO3 PO3 PSO2 PO3 PSO3, PO3 PO3 PO3 PO3 PSO3
PSO4
PO1, PO2, PSO2, PO1, PO2, PSO1, PO1, PO2, PSO2, PO1, PO2, PSO3 PO1, PO2, PSO2 PO1, PO2, PSO2 PO1, PO2, PSO1,
VI. PO3 PSO3 PO3 PSO2 PO3 PSO3, PO3 PO3 PO3 PO3 PSO3
PSO4
PO1, PO2, PSO2, PO1, PO2, PSO1, PO1, PO2, PSO2, PO1, PO2, PSO3 PO1, PO2, PSO2 PO1, PO2, PSO2 PO1, PO2, PSO1,
VII. PO3, PO5 PSO3 PO3, PO5 PSO2 PO3, PO5 PSO3, PO3, PO5 PO3, PO5 PO3, PO5 PO3, PO5 PSO3
PSO4
PO1, PO2, PSO2, PO1, PO2, PSO1, PO1, PO2, PSO2, PO1, PO2, PSO3 PO1, PO2, PSO2 PO1, PO2, PSO2 PO1, PO2, PSO1,
VIII. PO3 PSO3 PO3 PSO2 PO3 PSO3, PO3 PO3 PO3 PO3 PSO3
PSO4
PO1, PO2, PSO2, PO1, PO2, PSO1, PO1, PO2, PSO2, PO1, PO2, PSO3 PO1, PO2, PSO2 PO1, PO2, PSO2 PO1, PO2, PSO1,
IX. PO3, PO5 PSO3 PO3, PO5 PSO2 PO3, PO5 PSO3, PO3, PO5 PO3, PO5 PO3, PO5 PO3, PO5 PSO3
PSO4
PO1, PO2, PSO2 PO1, PO2, PSO1, PO1, PO2, PSO2, PO1, PO2, PSO3 PO1, PO2, PSO2 PO1, PO2, PSO2 PO1, PO2, PSO1,
X. PO3, PO5 ,PSO3 PO3, PO5 PSO2 PO3, PO5 PSO3, PO3, PO5 PO3, PO5 PO3, PO5 PO3, PO5 PSO3
PSO4
PO1, PO2, PSO2, PO1, PO2, PSO1, PO1, PO2, PSO2, PO1, PO2, PSO3 PO1, PO2, PSO2 PO1, PO2, PSO2 PO1, PO2, PSO1,
XI. PO3, PO5 PSO3 PO3, PO5 PSO2 PO3, PO5 PSO3, PO3, PO5 PO3, PO5 PO3, PO5 PO3, PO5 PSO3
PSO4
PO1, PO2, PSO2, PO1, PO2, PSO1, PO1, PO2, PSO2, PO1, PO2, PSO3 PO1, PO2, PSO2 PO1, PO2, PSO2 PO1, PO2, PSO1,
XII. PO3, PO5 PSO3 PO3, PO5 PSO2 PO3, PO5 PSO3, PO3, PO5 PO3, PO5 PO3, PO5 PO3, PO5 PSO3
PSO4
ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY LABORATORY
OBJECTIVE:
a. The objective of the course is that the student will have exposure to various experimental
skills which is very essential for an Engineering student.
b. The experiments are selected from various area of Chemistry like Complexometric titrations
to find Hardness of water, understanding the basic concepts of Electrochemistry like
Conductometry and Potentiometry.
c. Preparation of a pain killer Aspirin, preparation of an industrially useful polymer (Thiokol)
rubber.
OUTCOMES:
Upon the completion of Engineering chemistry lab experiments, the student will be able to:
a. Expected to learn from this laboratory course the concept of error and its analysis
b. Develop experimental skills to design new experiments in Engineering.
c. Exposure to these experiments the student can compare the theory and correlate with
experiment.
d. Understand general characteristics and uses of rubbers.
e. Determine hardness of various water samples
f. Estimate the number of free ions, charge & mobility of ions in the mixture of acids using
conductivity meter and also gets an idea about titrations without using any indicator
g. Determine the presence and quantity of impurities in water and he can estimate amount of metal in metal ores.
h. Measure the potential between electrode which responds to the analyte and a reference
electrode in an electrically conductive solution and determine the concentration of unknown
samples solutions by plotting the graphs.
Chemistry Lab Do’s and Don’ts
The chemistry laboratory must be a safe place in which to work and learn about chemistry. Most of
these involve just using common sense.
1. Wear chemical splash goggles at all times while you are in the laboratory.
2. Wear a chemical-resistant apron.
3. Be familiar with your lab assignment before you come to lab. Follow all written and verbal
instructions carefully. Observe the safety alerts in the laboratory directions. If you do not
understand a direction or part of a procedure, ask the teacher before proceeding.
4. When entering the lab/classroom, do not touch any equipment, chemicals, or other materials
without being instructed to do so. Perform only those experiments authorized by the
instructor.
5. No student may work in the laboratory without an instructor present. Work only with your lab
partner(s). Do not venture to other lab stations for any reason.
6. Do not wear bulky or dangling clothing.
7. Never eat or drink in the laboratory. Don't chew on the end of a pen which was lying on the
lab bench.
8. Wash acid, base, or any chemical spill off of yourself immediately with large amounts of
water. Notify your teacher of the spill.
9. Clean up spills immediately. If you spill a very reactive substance such as an acid or base,
notify the people in the area and then obtain assistance from your teacher. Acid spills should
be neutralized with baking soda, base spills with vinegar before cleaning them up.
10. If chemical substances get in your eye, wash the eye out for 15 minutes. Hold your eye open
with your fingers while washing it out.
11. If you take more of a chemical substance from a container than you need, you should not
return the excess to the container. This might cause contamination of the substance remaining.
Dispose of the excess as your teacher directs.
12. When weighing never place chemicals directly on the balance pan. Never weigh a hot object.
13. Never smell anything in the laboratory unless your teacher tells you it is safe. Do not smell a
substance by putting your nose directly over the container and inhaling. Instead, waft the
vapors toward your nose by gently fanning the vapors toward yourself.
14. Do not directly touch any chemical with your hands. Never taste materials in the laboratory.
15. If you burn yourself on a hot object, immediately hold the burned area under cold water for 15
minutes. Inform your teacher.
16. Observe good housekeeping practices. Work areas should be kept clean and tidy at all times.
Only lab notebooks or lab handouts should be out on the table while performing an
Experiment. Books and book bags should not be on the lab table. Passageways need to be
clear at all times.
17. Always replace lids or caps on bottles and jars.
18. If your Bunsen burner goes out, turn the gas off immediately.
19. Constantly move a test tube when heating it. Never heat a test tube that is not labeled Pyrex
and never point the open end at anyone.
20. Always add acid to water and stir the solution while adding the acid. Never add water to an
acid.
21. Report all accidents to your teacher.
22. Absolutely no running, practical jokes, or horseplay is allowed in the Laboratory.
23. Thoroughly clean your laboratory work space at the end of the laboratory Session. Make sure
that all equipment is clean, and returned to its original place.
EXPERIMENT-I
PREPARATION OF ASPIRIN
AIM:
APPARATUS:
CHEMICALS REQUIRED:
PRINCIPLE:
Salicylic acid is a phenolic acid. The phenolic group can be easily acetylated using acetic
anhydride. This is an example of Nucleophilic substitution reaction. Phenolic hydroxyl group of
salicylic acid acts as a Nucleophile and lone pair of electrons on the Oxygen atom attacks the
carbonyl group of acetic anhydride to form Aspirin.
PROCEDURE:
Take all the three chemical compounds in a given 250ml conical flask. Shake the mixture
thoroughly and warm the reaction mixture at 50-60oC for 15 min. on a water bath with continuous
stirring with glass rod and allow the reaction mixture to cool. Add nearly 100ml of distilled water.
Stir thoroughly and filter the product.
RECRYSTALIZATION:
Dissolve the product in 20ml alcohol and pour the solution into warm water, If solids separate
warm it to dissolve the solids and clear the solution and allow it to cool slowly to get beautiful
needles of Aspirin(MW=180) is formed.
RESULT:
AIM:
APPARATUS:
CHEMICALS REQUIRED:
1. Sodium hydroxide
2. Powered sulphur
3. 1, 2-Dichloroethane
4. 5% H2SO4, etc
THEORY:
PROCEDURE:
RESULT:
AIM:
To determine the absolute viscosity of a liquid by using Oswald’s viscometer.
APPARATUS:
Oswald’s viscometer, stop watch, density bottle, rubber bulbs, Beakers, etc.
CHEMICALS REQUIRED:
If a liquid flows with in a uniform velocity at a rate of 'V'in 't' seconds through a capillary tube of
radius 'r' and length 1cm under a driving pressure 'p' dynes/ cm2. Then,
The co-efficient of viscosity is given as =
= r4 t P/ 8VL
The poiseulles law is applicable only to linear flow or stream line flow. For a given Oswald’s
viscometer the length, radius and volume of liquids are constants and at end are combined to a
single constant. The above equation can be written as
= k t P In this eq. P depends on
I. Density of liquid to be measured
II. Acceleration due to gravity
III. the difference due to gravity is constant Then
The viscosity of liquid may be expressed as
1= kt1 1 (viscosity Standard liquid (water))
2=kt2 2(viscosity of test liquid)
Relative viscosity 1/ 2= t1 1/ t2 2
Units: (CGS) dynes-sec/cm2 or poise
PROCEDURE:
Clean thoroughly and dry the Oswald’s viscometer, a definite volume of standard liquid is allow
to flow into 'A ' arm such that it raises above the values X and Y. The same procedure is repeated
with the test liquid and note the time by stop clock
CALCULATIONS:
2= t2 2/ t1 1 x 1
RESULT:
AIM:
To determine surface tension of liquids by using stalagmometer.
APPARATUS:
Stalagmometer, Density bottle, Thermometer, Beakers, Burette Stand etc.
CHEMICALS REQUIRED:
Distilled water, Acetone (or) Acetic acid etc.
PRINCIPLE:
The force in dynes acting on a surface at right angles at any line of unit length is called Surface
tension.
Surface tension ( ) = F/L
THEORY:
DROP NUMBER METHOD:
It is the simplest method for determination of surface tension of liquids in the laboratory. This
method is based on the principle that a fixed volume (weight of liquid W) of the liquid is
delivered as freely falling from Capillary tube held vertically. Surface tension is directly
proportional to weight i.e. W
Circumference of drop = 2 r is equal to length of the bar .Hence, the equation is represented
as
= F/2 r
= mg/2 r
If ‘V’ volume contains 'n' drops then weight of a single drop is 2 r = vg/n
If density of two liquids 1and 2 the no. of drops of two liquids be n1 and n2 of the same
volume of liquids from two fixed points respectively. Applying equation and radius of tube is
same.
= v g/2 r n
1= v 1g/2 r n1----------- (1)
2= v 2 g/2 r n2----------- (2)
Formula 1 / 2= 1 n2 / 2 n1
1 density of water (0.998 at 25oC)
1 density of given sample
1 Surface tension of water at room temp. i.e. 72.8 dynes/cm
2 Surface tension of liquid to be determined
n1, n2 no. of drops of water and liquid by stalagmometer.
PROCEDURE:
a) Thoroughly clean the density bottle and stalagmometer using chromic acid and purified water
b) Stalagmometer must be mounted in vertical plane using burette stand
c) Fill the purified water in the instrument and count the number of drops falling between two
points of instrument as shown in the figure.
d) Repeat this step (iii)at least three times
e) Rinse the stalagmometer using the same liquid whose surface tension is to be determined
f) Fill the stalagmometer by liquid and count the number f drops falling down between the two
points as in step (iii)
g) Repeat step (v) at least three times
h) Density of water and liquid is determined using density bottles
CALCULATIONS:
2 = 2 n1 1 / 1 n2
RESULT:
AIM:
To estimate the total hardness, permanent hardness and temporary hardness of water by using standard
solution of EDTA
APPARATUS:
Burette, pipette, Conical flask, Beakers, Standard flask, Burette stand and funnel etc..
CHEMICALS REQUIRED:
Buffer soln, EDTA soln, Eriochrome black-T, Magnesium sulphate etc.
PRINCIPLE:
Hard water which contains Ca2+ andMg2+ ions which forms wine red color complex with the indicator
STEP-II
STANDARDISATION OF EDTA SOLUTION:
Pipette out 20ml of MgSO4 sol. into a clean conical flask. Add 2ml of buffer sol. and add 2 to 3 drops
of EBT indicator and it gets wine red color sol. Take EDTA solution in a burette after titrate with
EDTA solution till wine red color changes to blue color. Note the burette reading and repeat the
titration to get concurrent values.
1 20
2 20
3 20
M1V1 = M2V2
STEP-III
STANDARDISATION OF HARD WATER:
Pipette out 20ml of tap water into a 250ml conical flask add 2 ml of buffer sol. and add 2-3drops of
EBT indicator. Titrate the wine red color sol. with EDTA taken in burette, till a blue color end point is
obtained. Repeat the titration to get concurrent values.
1 20
2 20
3 20
STEP-IV
STANDARDISATION OF PERMANENT HARDNESS OF WATER:
Pipette out 100ml of hard water sample into a beaker containing 250ml and boil the water till volume
reduces to 50ml (all the bicarbonates of Ca2+, Mg2+ decomposes toCaCO3and Mg(OH)2 respectively).
Cool the solution and filter the water into beaker then pipette out 20ml of this cool water sample in to
250ml conical flask add 2ml of buffer sol. and 2-3 drops of EBT indicator. Titrate the wine red color
solution with EDTA taken in the burette, till a blue colored solution end point is obtained. Repeat the
titration to get concurrent values.
1 20
2 20
3 20
M4V4 = M2V2
RESULT:
1) Total Hardness in _______ PPM
AIM:
To estimate the amount of MnO2 present in the given sample of pyrolusite.
APPARATUS:
Burette, pipette, conical flask, Standard flask, Burette, stand, Funnel and Beaker etc.
CHEMICALS REQUIRED:
Sodium Oxalate, Potassium permanganate, Sulphuric acid, pyrolusite sample and MnO2 ….
PRINCIPLE:
The MnO2 present in the pyrolusite sample is reduced by a known excess of standard Sodium Oxalate
solution and the uncreated oxalate is titrated against a standardized solution of KMnO 4, where KMnO4 acts
as self indicator. Pale pink color is the end point of the titration.
MnO2 + Na2C2O4 + 2 H2SO4 --------> MnSO4 + Na2SO4 +2CO2 + 2H2O
(From pyrolusite)
Na2C2O4+KMnO4 +8H2SO4------->2MnSO4+K2SO4+5 Na2SO4+10CO2+8H2O
(Unreacted)
PROCEDURE:
1) PREPARATION OF STANDARD SODIUM OXALATE SOLUTION:
Weigh 0.67 gram of sodium oxalate into a clean 100 ml standard flask, dissolve in small amount of
water and make up the solution up to the mark with distilled water. Shake the flask well for uniform
concentration.
Volume = Blank titre value (Z) – Titre value of pyrolusite(Y) (Eq. wt. of MnO2 = 43.46gm)
Amount of MnO2 present in sample= Volume X Normality of KMnO4 X Eq. wt. of MnO2 / 1000
RESULT:
APPARATUS:
Colorimeter, Standard volumetric flask, Test tubes, Measuring jar, Cuvettes etc.
CHEMICALS REQUIRED:
Copper Sulphate, H2SO4 soln…
PRINCIPLE:
Colorimetric method depends on the measurements of quantity of light absorbed by a coloured solution
according to Beers law
PROCEDURE:
Take 11 clean test tubes and all the test tubes are labeled as A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K. Now the standard
Copper sulphate solution (0.5M) and distilled water are taken into test tubes by using 10ml measuring jar as
indicated in the table. Now the solutions are ready for measuring the absorbents value.
Measurement of absorbents
In Measurement of absorbents a blank solution is used. The blank solution consists of all reagents used in
developing color expect the one responsible for color. The measurement with colorimeter is done by first
adjusting the absorbents to zero with the blank solution in the path of light. Now replace the blank solution
with sample solutions and absorbents will be displayed. Follow the same procedure for every measurement
TABLE-I
SELECTION OF PROPER FILTER:
TABLE-II
DETERINATION OF ABSORBENTS:
Test Tube (Volume of CuSO4) + (Volume of
Absorbance
label distilled water)
A (0+10)ml (0M)
B (1+9)ml (0.05M)
C (2+8)ml (0.10M)
D (3+7)ml (0.15M)
E (4+6)ml (0.20M)
F (5+5)ml (0.25M)
G (6+4)ml (0.30M)
H (7+3)ml (0.35M)
I (8+2)ml (0.40M)
J (9+1)ml (0.45M)
K (10+0)ml (0.50M)
RESULT:
Weight of copper present in given unknown solution =________
i.e. M X M.Wt of CuSO4 X V
1000
EXPERIMENT-VIII
AIM:
APPARATUS:
Burette, pipette, beakers, watch glass, conical flask, volumetric flask etc…
CHEMICALS REQUIRED:
Ammonia, Acetic acid, Potassium iodide, Sodium thiosulphate(Na2S2O3), Starch indicator, 6N HNO3,
Con.H2SO4, 6N H2SO4, H3PO4(ortho phosphoric acid), KSCN etc…..
THEORY:
Any cupric salt in neutral medium when heated with potassium iodide forms white ppt. of cuprous iodide.
The liberated iodine is treated against hypo using starch as the indicator.
CuSO4+2KI————>CuI2 + K2SO4
Cuprous iodide being unstable decomposes as follows
2CuI2————>Cu2I2 + I2
I2+ Na2S2O3 ————> Na2S4O6 + 2NaI
There fore
2CuSO4 = I2 = Na2S2O3
The equivalent weight of copper sulphate is 63.54 gm
PROCEDURE:
1) Dry and clean a piece of brass cut into small piece and weigh about 0.20gm of the sample accurately to
the fourth decimal place. Put it in a conical flask and add about 10ml of 6N HNO 3. Warm the soln.
under a hood until the brass is completely dissolved.
2) Add 10ml of Con.H2SO4 and evaporate on sand bath till it gives copious white fumes
3) Allow the mixture to cool and then add carefully 20ml of water. Boil for 20sec and cool.
4) While vigorously shaking, add liquor ammonia drop wise until the first blue colour of cupric ammonia
complex disappears.
5) Add 6N H2SO4 drop wise until the dark blue colour just disappears. Then add 2ml syrupy phosphoric
acid (H3PO4).
6) Cool it to room temp. And transfer the solution to a 100ml volumetric flask. Make the volume up to
100ml.
7) Take 25ml of this solution in a125mlConical flask and add about 2ml of 5% KI.
8) Titrate immediately with standard Hypo solution until there is a faint color of iodine.
9) Add 3ml of 1% starch solution and titrate until the blue color begins to fade. Add 3 ml of KSCN and
complete the titration.
10) Repeat the titration at least twice by taking 25ml of the solution each time.
OBSERVATIONS AND CALCULATIONS:
Cu+2 solution Vs Hypo solution
Burette reading
S. No Volume of Cu+2 solution Volume of Hypo consumed
Initial Final(ml)
1 25ml
2 25ml
3 25ml
Average the titre value (Yml)
= ________ (Bgm)
= _________%
RESULT:
To determine the strength of the strong acid by titration with strong base Conductometrically.
APPARATUS:
Conductivity Bridge, Conductivity cell, Burette, Beakers, Standard flask, pipette, Burette Stand etc.
CHEMICALS REQUIRED:
PRINCIPLE:
At first solution contain H+ and Cl- ions. Since H+ions posses greater mobility it follows that the conductivity is
mainly due to H+ ions. The addition of NaOH is represented by the equation.
As NaOH is added the H+ ions are removed. The conductivity decreases as Na + ions do not process much
mobility. As the neutralization point and solutions contains Na +ions and Cl- ions and will have minimum
conductance value. If NaOH is further added this will add OH- ions and so the conductivity increases.
PROCEDURE:
A standard solution of 0.2N NaOH is prepared. Similarly 0.1N HCl is prepared. 20 ml of HCl is taken in a 100
ml beaker and to it 20 ml of distilled water is added and kept in a thermostat. The conductivity cell is washed
with distilled water and rinsed with acid soln. The cell is kept in acid containing beaker and it is connected to
the bridge. The conductivity of the soln is measured by adjusting the reading. NaOH soln is taken into burette
and add 1 ml of soln to acid, stirred well and conductance is measured. Each time 1 ml of base is added to acid
stirred well and the conductance is measured. For every instance. Equal numbers of values are taken on either
side of the point of maximum. Repeat the procedure of addition of 1 ml NaOH and noting the conductivity of
the resulting solution. Take 20-25 readings
GRAPH:
CALCULATIONS:
FORMULA:
N1V1 = N2V2
RESULT:
The normality of strong acid (HCl) determined by titrating against a strong base (NaOH) =________N
EXPERIMENT-X
AIM:
To determine the strength of the mixture of acids by titration with strong base Conductometrically.
APPARATUS:
Conductivity Bridge, Conductivity cell, Burette, Beakers, Standard flask, pipette, Burette Stand etc.
CHEMICALS REQUIRED:
Sodium hydroxide (NaOH), Hydrochloric acid(HCl) and Acetic acid(CH3COOH) etc…
PRINCIPLE:
The conductivity of the solution is related to the mobility of ions which in turn related with the size of the ions.
When a mixture of acids like a strong acid (HCl) and weak acid (acetic acid) are titrated against a strong base
(NaOH), strong acid reacts first followed by a weak acid. When the titration of strong acid and strong base are
carried out, there is a decrease in conductivity as highly mobilized hydrogen ions are replaced by sodium ions.
NaOH + HCl -------> NaCl + H2O
When the whole strong acid is consumed, base reacts with weak acid and conductivity increases as unionized
weak acid becomes the ionized salt.
CH3COOH + NaOH---------->. CH3COONa + H2O
After both the acids are consumed, there is a steep increase in conductivity which gives the end point and this
increase in conductivity is due to the fast moving hydroxyl ions from the base. From this, amount of base
consumed for acid and in turn, the amount of acids present is calculated.
Let V1 and V2 ml be the volumes of alkaline corresponding beaker resp. Then V1 ml of NaOH equivalent to
HCl, (V2-V1)S ml of NaOH equivalent to CH3COOH
FORMULA:
N1V1 = N2V2
GRAPH:
PROCEDURE:
The volume of NaOH corresponding to the first point of inflectionsis V1= X1 ml and that corresponding to
the second point of inflectionis V2 = X2 ml.
V2-V1=X3 ml
Hence the HCl and CH3COOH in their mixture of volume (50ml) consume respectively X1ml and X3 ml
There fore
RESULT:
AIM:
To determine the strength of the strong acid by titration with strong base Potentiometrically.
APPARATUS:
Potentiometer, Platinum electrode, Calomel electrode, Burette, Beakers, Standard flask, pipette, Burette
Stand etc.
CHEMICALS REQUIRED:
PRINCIPLE:
The cell will have certain emf depending upon pH value of the solution, on adding small portions of alkali
to an acid. The acid potential changes slowly at first since the change in electrode depends on the fraction of
hydrogen ions removed. After addition of certain amount of alkali the titration of hydrogen ions removed
by alkali increases, correspondingly there is a rapid decrease in emf on addition of excess of alkali. The emf
again shows a flow change. If a graph is plotted by taking volume of alkali added on X- axis and change in
emf by point of intersection on Y-axis, a curve is obtained.
PROCEDURE:
Calibrate the instrument before starting the experiment. Approximately 0.1N HCl is prepared and
standard decinormal solution of NaOH is prepared. Exactly 20 ml of the acid is pipette out into a clean
100ml of beaker and a pinch of Quinhydrone is added which acts as indicator. Platinum electrode and
calomel electrodes are dipped in the solution.
The alkali (NaOH) against which the acid is being titrated is taken in burette. The solution is stirred well
with a glass rod. The end reading is taken after adding definite amount of alkali. Finally after knowing the
range in which the end point can be located, the whole experiment is repeatedly adding in steps of 1 ml in
the end point.
GRAPH:
Two graphs are plotted of which one is between volume of alkali and observed emf and other is between
volume of alkali and E/ V Sigmoid curve
EMF
Vol. of NaOH
CALCULATIONS:
FORMULA:
N1V1 = N2V2
RESULT:
The normality of strong acid (HCl) determined by titrating against a strong base (NaOH) =________N
EXPERIMENT-XII
AIM:
To determine the normality of Acetic acid by titration with strong base Potentiometrically.
APPARATUS:
Potentiometer, Platinum electrode, Calomel electrode, Burette, Beakers, Standard flask, pipette, Burette
Stand etc.
CHEMICALS REQUIRED:
Sodium hydroxide (NaOH), Acetic acid (CH3COOH) and Quinhydrone powder etc.
PRINCIPLE:
The cell will have certain emf depending upon pH value of the solution, on adding small portions of alkali
to an acid. The acid potential changes slowly at first since the change in electrode depends on the fraction of
hydrogen ions removed. After addition of certain amount of alkali the titration of hydrogen ions removed
by alkali increases, correspondingly there is a rapid decrease in emf on addition of excess of alkali. The emf
again shows a flow change. If a graph is plotted by taking volume of alkali added on X- axis and change in
emf by point of intersection on Y-axis, a curve is obtained.
E = E0 + 0.059pH
PROCEDURE:
Calibrate the instrument before starting the experiment. Approximately 0.1N CH3COOHis prepared and
standard decinormal solution of NaOH is prepared. Exactly 20 ml of the acid is pipette out into a clean
100ml of beaker and a pinch of Quinhydrone is added which acts as indicator. Platinum electrode and
calomel electrodes are dipped in the solution.
The alkali (NaOH) against which the acid is being titrated is taken in burette. The solution is stirred well
with a glass rod. The end reading is taken after adding definite amount of alkali. Finally after knowing the
range in which the end point can be located, the whole experiment is repeatedly adding in steps of 1 ml in
the end point.
GRAPH:
Two graphs are plotted of which one is between volume of alkali and observed emf and other is between
volume of alkali and E/ V Sigmoid curve
EMF
Vol. of NaOH
CALCULATIONS:
FORMULA:
N1V1 = N2V2
RESULT:
The normality of Weak acid (CH3COOH) determined by titrating against a strong base (NaOH)
=________N