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EA02 Analytical Chemistry
Week 4 Workshop/Homework solutions
1) We start with a 0.8040-g sample of iron ore. The ore sample is dissolved and the iron
converted to the Iron(II) (Fe2+) ion. The solution is titrated with a 0.02242 M KMnO4
solution. The initial buret reading is 0.30 mL and the reading at the end point is 47.52
mL. The balanced equation for the reaction is
MnO4- + 5 Fe2+ + 8 H+ == > Mn2+ + 5 Fe3+ + 4 H2O
a) What is the percent iron in the ore?
b) If we have the following uncertainty in the measured quantities:
mass  0.0001 g
volume  0.02 mL
molarity  0.00003 M.
What is the uncertainty in the percent iron in the ore?
The first part of the problem is a stochiometry problem. Let’s look at the volume first.
47.52 – 0.30 mL = 47.22 mL
The uncertainty in an added or subtracted reading is found from the absolute
uncertainties:
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2
Uncertainty in answer = √( 0.02) + ( 0.02) =  0.0283 mL
47.22 mL MnO4- x 0.02242 mmol MnO4- x 5 mmol iron x 55.845 mg iron
mL MnO41 mmol MnO4- mmol iron
=
295.608 mg Fe in sample or 0.295608 g Fe
0.295608 g iron x 100% = 36.77 % iron in the ore sample
0.8040 g sample
The uncertainty in multiplication and/or division is found from percent relative errors:
Volume
0.0283/47.22 x 100%
=  0.06%
Concentration
0.00003/0.02242 x 100% =  0.134%
Mass
0.0001/0.8040 x 100% =  0.012%
Atomic Weight
0.002/55.845 x 100%
=  0.004%
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2
2
Uncertainty in answer = √ ( 0.06) + (0.134) + (0.012) + (0.004) =  0.1474%
2
= 0.001474
36.77 x  0.1474% = 36.77  0.05 % Fe in ore
There is a very important utility to this exercise. Which measurement contributes the
most uncertainty to the answer? If you want to decrease the uncertainty, which
measurement needs to be improved?
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2) The pKsp at 25oC and zero ionic strength of lanthanum iodate, La(IO3)3 is 10.99.
La(IO3)3 < == > La3+ + 3 IO3Assume that La(III) and iodate are the only ions formed when the salt dissolves. What is
the solubility of lanthanum iodate (FM 663.63) under these conditions?
Ksp = 10-10.99 = 1.02 x 10-11
The molar solubility of lanthanum iodate equals the concentration of lanthanum ion since
one lanthanum ion results for each formula unit dissolved.
Before
After
La(IO3)3 < == > La3+ + 3 IO3solid
0
0
solid
x
3x
Ksp = [La3+][IO3-]3 = 1.02 x 10-11 = x(3x)3 = 27x4  x4 = (1.02 x 10-11)/27
x = 7.85 x 10-4 M x 663.63 g/mol = 0.52 g La(IO3)3 /L
Homework These two problems and the following from Chapter 9: 2, 5, 8
9-2.
Write a charge balance for a solution containing H+, OH-, Ca2+, HCO3-, CO32-,
Ca(HCO3)+, Ca(OH)+, K+, and ClO4-.
For charge balance we want the sum of the positive charges in the solution equal to the
sum of the negative charges. An ion with a charge of 2 has its concentration multiplied
by 2, etc. So
[H+] + 2[Ca2+] + [Ca(HCO3)+] + [Ca(OH)+] + [K+] = [OH-] + [HCO3-] + [CO32-] + [ClO4-]
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9-5.
(a) Suppose that MgBr2 dissolves to give Mg2+ and Br-. Write a charge balance
equation for this aqueous solution.
We will have Mg2+, Br-, OH- and H+ ions in solution. So the charge balance is
2 [Mg2+] + [H+] = [Br-] + [OH-]
(b) What is the charge balance if, in addition to Mg2+ and Br-, MgBr+ is formed?
This adds another cation to the equation
2 [Mg2+] + [H+] + [MgBr+] = [Br-] + [OH-]
9-8. Suppose that MgBr2 dissolves to give Mg2+ and Br-.
(a) Write the mass balance for Mg2+ for 0.20 M MgBr2.
(b) Write the mass balance for Br- for 0.20 M MgBr2.
The chemical reaction is
MgBr2(s)  Mg2+ + 2 Br(a) Thus one mole of magnesium ion goes into solution for each mole of magnesium
bromide dissolved. Thus [Mg2+] is equal to the concentration of dissolved solid, i.e. 0.20
M.
[Mg2+] = 0.20 M
(b)The concentration of the bromide ion is twice the concentration of dissolved salt.
[Br-] = 0.40 M
Now suppose that MgBr+ is formed in addition to Mg2+ and Br-.
(c) Write the mass balance for Mg2+ for 0.20 M MgBr2.
(d) Write the mass balance for Br- for 0.20 M MgBr2.
c) Some of the Mg2+ has become MgBr+, but the total of all the magnesium species is
still 0.20 M
[Mg2+] + [MgBr+] = 0.20 M
d) The same is true, all bromine species still equals the total amount in solution
which is 0.40M.
[Br-] + [MgBr+] = 0.40 M