Date of Experiment : 13 October2015

Date Submitted
: 15 October 2015
Experiment No. 4
Precipitation Titration: Determination of the Chloride in the Sample
I.

DATA AND RESULTS

Table 1. Standardization of Silver Nitrate Solution

Primary Standard used: __________________
Formula mass of 1O standard: __________________
% Purity of 1O standard: __________________
Trials
Weight of NaCl (g)
Corrected Weight

1
0.0799
0.0798

2
0.0789
0.0788

3
0.0718
0.0717

Final Reading AgNO3 (ml)

Initial Reading AgNO3 (ml)
Volume AgNO3 used (ml)

13.7
0
13.7

27.2
13.7
13.5

39.9
27.2
12.7

Corrected Volume of AgNO3, ml

13.4

13.2

12.4

Molarity of AgNO3
Average Molarity of AgNO3

0.102

0.102
0.101

0.099

Titer NaCl (mg/mL)

Average Titer NaCl (mg/ml)

5.96

5.96
5.90

5.79

1
0.4
0
0.4

2
0.6
0.4
0.2
0.3

3
0.9
0.6
0.3

Table 2. Indicator Blank

Trials
Final volume AgNO3 (ml)
Initial volume AgNO3 (ml)
Net Volume AgNO3 (ml)
Average volume of AgNO3, (ml)
Table 3. Analysis of Unknown
Trials
Weight of the sample (g)
Final volume AgNO3 (ml)
Initial volume AgNO3 (ml)
Net Volume AgNO3 (ml)
Corrected volume of AgNO3, ml
mg Cl- of unknown
% Cl- of unknown
Average % Cl- of unknown

1
0.0778
10.4
0
10.4.
10.1.
36.21
46.54

2
0.0751
20.5
10.4
10.1
9.8
35.13
46.78
47.47 %

3
0.0723
30.7
20.5
10.2
9.9
35.30
49.09

II.

COMPUTATION
Volume AgNO3 used
= Final Volume Initial Volume
= 13.7 ml 0 = 13.7 ml
Corrected Volume AgNO3
= Volume used Volume AgNO3 in blank
= 13.7 0.3 = 13.4

NaCl + AgNO3 AgCl + Na NO3

Molarity AgNO3
=

(mmol AgNO 3)(

= ( 0.0798 g NaCl )

)(

103 mmol
1 mol

mmol AgNO 3
1
)( 11mmol
NaCl )( 13.5 mL )

( 0.102+ 0.102+0.099
)=0.101 M
3

Titer Nacl
= (M AgNO3) (FW NaCl)
=

1 mol Nacl
58.44 g

= 0.102 M
Ave Molarity AgNO3
=

1
)
mL Sol ' n

mg
=5.96 mg/mL
( 0.102mmol
)( 58.44
1 mL
1mmol )

mg Cl- of unknown
= (N AgNO3) (V AgNO3) (FW Cl-)
=

1mmol Ag
1 mmolCl 35.45 mg
(0.101 mmolmLAgNO 3 )(10.1 mL)( 1mmol
)(
AgNO 3 1 mmol Ag )( 1 mm 0l )

= 36.21 g
% Cl=

Ave % Cl=

III.

Cl
36.21 mg
x 100 )=(
x 100 =46.54 mg )
( massmasssample
77.8 mg
46.54+ 46.78+49.09
=47.47 Cl
3

DISCUSSION

Titration is a process by which the concentration of an unknown substance in solution is

determined by adding measured amounts of a standard solution that reacts with the unknown.
Precipitation titrations are based upon reactions that yield ionic compounds of limited solubility. The
most important precipitating reagent is silver nitrate. Titrimetric methods based upon silver nitrate are
also called argentometric methods. Potassium chromate served as an end point indicator for the
argentometric determination of chloride ions by reacting with silver ions to form a brick-red silver
chromate precipitate in the equivalence point region.
The well-known Mohrs method in which alkaline or alkaline earth chlorides react with silver
nitrate in the presence of a few drops of potassium chromate solution as indicator is a simple, direct

and accurate method for chloride determination. In this experiment, the amount of chloride in an
unknown sample was determined by Mohr titration. The titration was carried out at a pH between 7
and 10 because chromate ion is the conjugate base of the weak chromic acid. Therefore, when the pH
is lower than 7, chromate ion is protonated and the chromic acid form predominates in the solution. A
suitable pH was achieved by saturating the analyte solution with sodium hydrogen carbonate.