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Titration of oxalic acid with KMnO4
« on: December 12, 2020, 02:49:31 AM »
In the 4th question should I approach it quantitatively like 0.1 N oxalic acid means 0.05M oxalic acid. But then I don't have the molarity of KMNO4 to predict the titre value.

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Re: Titration of oxalic acid with KMnO4
« Reply #1 on: December 12, 2020, 03:31:08 AM »
But then I don't have the molarity of KMNO4 to predict the titre value.
You are not asked about it.
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Re: Titration of oxalic acid with KMnO4
« Reply #2 on: December 12, 2020, 03:32:57 AM »
Is it asking me if I would adjust in an experiment? Or should i predict if 5ml titre value is correct or not?

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Re: Titration of oxalic acid with KMnO4
« Reply #3 on: December 12, 2020, 03:57:11 AM »
How do you understand this sentence?
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Re: Titration of oxalic acid with KMnO4
« Reply #4 on: December 12, 2020, 03:59:17 AM »
We have not yet done the experiment. This was given as an assignment..since we can't have physical classes. So I'm guessing we can only answer this after we do the experiment..

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Re: Titration of oxalic acid with KMnO4
« Reply #5 on: December 12, 2020, 04:25:20 AM »
All the questions for this exercise can be answered without knowing the specific concentration of permanganate. Moreover, for assignment 4 you can calculate the approximate values ​​of the permanganate concentration yourself if somehow it helps you better understand the problem.
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Re: Titration of oxalic acid with KMnO4
« Reply #7 on: December 12, 2020, 05:22:58 AM »
I got the titrant value 5ml doing in this manner..is this anywhere close to being correct?

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Re: Titration of oxalic acid with KMnO4
« Reply #8 on: December 12, 2020, 05:33:09 AM »
The greater the volume of the titrant, but not greater than the volume of the burette, the smaller the titration error.
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Re: Titration of oxalic acid with KMnO4
« Reply #9 on: December 12, 2020, 08:52:02 AM »
I understand that titrant value must be greater for less errors. I'm confused because in the question they've said take either 10ml or 25ml. Should I calculate the concentration of KMnO4 and work them out separately?  Since 2 moles reacts with 5moles of oxalic acid, i got 0. 0125 moles of oxalic acid reacts with 0.005 moles of KMnO4. From the no. Of moles, I standardized it to 250ml and got 0.02M is this correct?

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Re: Titration of oxalic acid with KMnO4
« Reply #10 on: December 12, 2020, 10:18:07 AM »
Usually, a smaller volume is used for pre-titration. So I understand assignment 4 is for 25mL volume. This, therefore, corresponds to a permanganate concentration of 0.1 and 0.02 M respectively.
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Re: Titration of oxalic acid with KMnO4
« Reply #11 on: December 12, 2020, 11:06:48 AM »
I'm confused because in the question they've said take either 10ml or 25ml.

Most likely to allow you to choose the volume which produces smaller error.
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