April 27, 2024, 02:44:22 PM
Forum Rules: Read This Before Posting


Topic: Concentration question  (Read 2759 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline ridic

  • New Member
  • **
  • Posts: 5
  • Mole Snacks: +0/-1
Concentration question
« on: April 15, 2008, 01:07:08 AM »
I was given a standard Fe+3 solution equal to 0.0500 mg Fe+3/mL. I took 2 mL of this solution and put in a 50 mL volumetric flask. I added 1 mL of 1 M NH4C2H3O2, 1 mL of 10% hydroxylamine hydrochloride, 10 mL of 0.3% o-phenathroline, and diluted it to a total volume of 50 mL. What is the concentration of my Fe+3 at the end of this?

Offline english

  • Chemist
  • Full Member
  • *
  • Posts: 534
  • Mole Snacks: +31/-10
  • Gender: Male
  • grad student
Re: Concentration question
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2008, 02:18:03 AM »
2 mL of 0.0500 mg/mL iron(III) is how many milligrams?  You diluted this to a total volume of 50 mL.

Your total volume is all that matters.  You're determining the concentration with respect to iron(III), not the other species present.

Offline Borek

  • Mr. pH
  • Administrator
  • Deity Member
  • *
  • Posts: 27665
  • Mole Snacks: +1801/-410
  • Gender: Male
  • I am known to be occasionally wrong.
    • Chembuddy
Re: Concentration question
« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2008, 03:30:15 AM »
First: english is right.

Second: you have a lot of complexing agents in the solution. Hopefully the question doesn't ask about free Fe3+...
ChemBuddy chemical calculators - stoichiometry, pH, concentration, buffer preparation, titrations.info

Sponsored Links