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Objective: The goal of this lab is to determine the concentration of vitamin C in an unknown solution as well as a variety of citrus juices.
The analysis will be carried out using redox reaction of triiodide with ascorbic acid via iodometric titrimetry using starch indicator.
Equipment Chemicals
400mL Beaker 600-mL Beaker 3M Sulfuric Acid, H2SO4 Potassium iodate, KIO3
50-mL graduated cylinder 500-mL graduated cylinder Potassium iodine, KI Vitamin-C
250mL Volumetric flask 125mL Erlenmeyer flask 1% Starch solution Lemon Juice
50-mL Buret Misc. Citrus Juice.
50-mL Volumetric pipet
Background Information: Although most mammals can synthesize vitamin C, or ascorbic acid (C6H8O6), from sugars, man must ingest
considerable quantities of this substance. The National Academy of Sciences recommends the consumption of 60 mg of ascorbic acid per
day. Vitamin C deficiency, which typically causes abnormalities in bones and teeth, was first characterized in sailors in the eighteenth
century. Compelling sailors to eat limes, a source of vitamin-C, eliminated these abnormalities. Many vegetables also contain large quantities
of vitamin C, but many cooking processes commonly destroy ascorbic acid, and hence citrus fruits are regarded as the most reliable source
of vitamin C. Vitamin C can be determined in food by use of an oxidation-reduction reaction. The redox reaction is preferable to an acid-
base titration because a number of other species in juice can act as acids, but relatively few interfere with the oxidation of ascorbic acid by
iodine. The solubility of iodine is increased by complexation with iodide to form triiodide:
I2 (aq) + I ! I3 (1)
C H 8O 6 + I3 C 6H 6O 6 + I (2)
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VitaminC dehydroa scorbic acid
As long as vitamin C is present in the solution, the triiodide is converted to the iodide ion very quickly. However, when the all the vitamin C is
oxidized, the triiodide excess will be present, which react with starch to form a blue-black complex.
Iodine solution is used to test for starch; a dark blue color indicates the presence of starch. The details of this reaction are not yet fully
known, but it is thought that the iodine (I3- and I5- ions) fit inside the coils of amylose, the charge transfers between the iodine and the
starch, and the energy level differences in the resulting complex correspond to the absorption spectrum in the visible light region. The
strength of the resulting blue color depends on the amount of amylose present. Waxy starches with little or no amylose present will color
red.
Starch indicator is biodegradable and so fresh starch indicator must be prepared after a week of storage. Ask the instructor or lab tech,
when the indicator was prepared before use. Furthermore, although vitamin C is very stable when dry, it is readily oxidized by oxygen when
in solution. Therefore, a solution of vitamin C should not be exposed to air for an extended period of time. Remember that the molar mass
Please note: Iodine is very weakly soluble in the water, and can be easily lost from the solution due to its volatility. However, in the presence
of excess iodides iodine creates I3- ions. This lowers free iodine concentration and such solutions are stable enough to be used in lab
practice. Still, we should remember that their shelf life is relatively short (they should be kept tightly closed in dark brown bottles, and
standardized every few weeks) If you take more than two week from when you prepared this solution to the analysis of your unknown,
standardize the iodine solution with ascorbic acid again as discussed in the next procedure
Analysis of Unknown.
13. Using a 50.00 mL volumetric pipet, add 50.00mL of your unknown solution into a 125 mL Erlenmeyer flask.
Add about 10 drops of starch indicator to the sample.
14. Titrate the solution until the endpoint is reached (the first sign of blue color that remains after at least 20 s of swirling).
15. Record the final volume. Repeat this titration at least four times. Results should agree to 0.1 mL.
If you do more than four trial, be sure to label the four trials you will use for your calculations.
16. Use the Grubbs and Q-test (95% confidence level) to check for bad data.
17. In your result page, calculate (see calculation section):
i) the moles of the vitamin-C for each trial for your unknown and the average moles.
ii) the molarity of the vitamin-C for each trial for your unknown and the average molarity.
iii) the mass of the vitamin-C for each trial for your unknown and the average mass.
iv) the % vitamin-C in your unknown for each trial of your unknown and the average.
iv) Calculate the standard deviation, RSD, CV and 95% CL for your unknown analysis.
v) Report your data in the class result spreadsheet found in the idisk.
Iodometric Titration of Vitamin-C Unknown Modified 10.2012
Calculations-
1. What is the reaction to produce iodine from iodate and iodide? Draw the structures of the organic compounds given in Equation (2).
2. (a) Prepare tables of all your titration data with the following information.
2. (c) Standardization of the iodine solution with the vitamin C standard solution.
i) Calculate the molarity of iodine solution for each trial, the average molarity, standard deviation and the rsd.
Statistic Analysis
i) Report the average, standard deviation (s) and relative deviation (RSD, r) and the coefficient of variation (CV) and the 95% CL
for your result of the vitamin C content in the samples you analyzed.
ii) Apply a Grubbs and Q-test (95% confidence level) for any suspected result.
Discussion- The main goal of this experiment is to determine the amount of vitamin-C in an unknown solid. Discuss your results (for the
vitamin-C in your unknown) and any source of error that may cause your result to deviate. Discuss the standard deviation of the result and
Prelab Questions (Not required for lab prelab but know how to solve for midterm) -
1. A standard iodine solution was standardized against a 0.4123 g primary standard As4O6 by dissolving the As4O6 in a small amount of
acidic solution and adjusting the pH, see equation (i). If the resulting H3AsO3 solution required 40.28 mL triiodine to reach the end point,
what is the concentration of the triiodine solution?
Reaction - (i) __ As4O6 (s) + __ H2O g __ H3AsO3 (ii) __ H3AsO3 + __ I3- + __ H2O g __ H3AsO4 + __ I- + __ H+
2. The purity of a hydrazine (N2H4) sample can be determined by titration with triiodide. A 1.4286 g of the oily liquid sample is dissolved in
water and diluted to 100 mL in a volumetric flask. A 50.00 mL aliquot is titrated against the standard triiodine solution in question 1
(previous problem) requiring 42.41 mL to reach the end point. What is the percent purity by weight of the hydrazine?
Reaction - (iii)__ N2H4 + __ I3 g __ N2 + __ I-
3. A 0.200 g sample containing copper is analyzed iodometrically. The titration analysis is prepared by taking copper(II) ion and reducing it
to copper(I) by iodide ions according to the following reaction: (iv) __ Cu2+ + __ I- g __ CuI(s) + __ I2 If the liberated I2 from this
reaction is titrated against 20.0 mL of 0.100 M sodium thiosulfate (Na2S2O3), what is the percent copper in the sample? The reaction for
4. Triiodide ions are generated in solution by the following reaction: __ IO3- + __ I- g __ I3-
If a 25.00 mL sample of 0.0100 M KIO3 is added to excess of KI and the product, triiodide, requires 32.04 mL of Na2S2O3 to reach the
equivalent point, what is the molarity of the Na2S2O3? Use the equation: __ I3- + __ S2O32- D __ I- + __ S4O62-
Iodometric Titration of Vitamin-C Unknown Modified 10.2012
Turn in the following information to you instructor:
Vitamin C by Iodometric Titration Unknown # Mass Vit C ___ Mass Unk _____
Name Unknown #
Iodine Standardization Trial1 Trial2 Trial3 Trial4
Mass KI, g
Mass, KIO3, M
Mass Vit-C, g
Molarity 250mL stock Vit-C, M
Student Calc
Iodometric Titration of Vitamin-C Unknown Modified 10.2012
Iodometric Titration of Vitamin C
Experiment Lab Report Write-up Criteria
Analytical Chemistry 251
Total (This total may be adjusted depending on lab technique and student conduct in the experiment)