Chem 28 Problem Set 2

Date due: September 16, Tuesday 10:00 am

General Instructions:
- Place answers in 1 long ruled pad paper.
- Show all necessary calculations and proper conversion of units. Final answers should be in
proper significant figures
- Box all final answers

1.) The formaldehyde content of a pesticide preparation was determined by weighing 0.3124 g of
the liquid sample into a flask containing 50.0 mL of 0.0996 M NaOH and 50 mL of 3% H
2
O
2
.
On heating, the following reaction took place:

OH

+ HCHO + H
2
O
2
HCOO

+ 2H
2
O

After cooling, the excess base was titrated with 23.3 mL of 0.05250 M H
2
SO
4
. Calculate the
percentage of HCHO in the sample.

2.) A 25.00-mL sample of a household cleaning solution was diluted to 250.0 mL in a volumetric
f1ask. A 50.00-mL aliquot of this solution required 40.38 mL of 0.2506 M HCI to reach a
bromocresol green end point. Calculate the weight/volume percentage of NH
3
in the sample.
(Assume that all the alkalinity results from the ammonia.)

3.) The digestion of a 0.1417-g sample of a phosphorus-containing compound in a mixture of
HNO
3
and H
2
SO
4
resulted in the formation of CO
2
, H
2
O, and H
3
PO
4
. Addition of ammonium
molybdate yielded a solid having the composition (NH
4
)
3
PO
4
12MoO
3
(1876.3 g/mol). This
precipitate was filtered, washed, and then dissolved in 50.00 mL of 0.2000 M NaOH:

(NH
4
)
3
PO
4
12MoO
3(s)
+ 26OH

HPO
4
2
+ 12MoO
4
2
+ 14H
2
O + 3NH
3(g)


After the solution was boiled to remove the NH
3
, the excess NaOH was titrated with 14.17 mL of
0.1741 M HCl to a phenolphthalein end point. Calculate the percentage of phosphorus in the
sample.

4.) A 1.217-g sample of commercial KOH contaminated by K
2
CO
3
was dissolved in water, and
the resulting solution was diluted to 500.0 mL. A 50.00-mL aliquot of this solution was treated
with 40.00 mL of 0.05304 M HCl and boiled to remove CO
2
. The excess acid consumed 4.74
mL of 0.04983 M NaOH (phenolphthalein indicator). An excess of neutral BaCl
2
was added to
another 50.00-mL aliquot to precipitate the carbonate as BaCO
3
. The solution was then titrated
with 28.56 mL of the acid to a phenolphthalein end point. Calculate the percentage KOH.
K
2
CO
3
, and H
2
O in the sample, assuming that these are the only compounds present.