CH117L: PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY 2 LABORATORY

2ND Quarter SY 2019-2020

CONDUCTIMETRY
ORTEGA, MARY ALYSSA T. – GROUP 6
AUGUST 22, 2019

Introduction

Materials and Methods

Results and Discussion

TABLE 1. Electrolytic Conductance and Ionic Mobility

Solution Conductance
0.1 M NH4Cl 14.09
0.1 M HCl 54.08
0.1 M NaCl 18.4
0.1 M NaC2H3O2 8.0
0.1 M NaOH 43.7
TABLE 2. Dissociation Equations

Equation
NH4Cl → NH4+ + Cl-
HCl → H+ + Cl-
NaCl → Na+ + Cl-
NaC2H3O2 → Na+ + C2H3O2-
NaOH → Na+ + OH-

TABLE 3. Determination of Dissociation Constant of a Weak Electrolyte

Volume
Conductance Volume 0.01M
Mixture Water Concentration
(mS) KOH (mL)
(mL)
1 0.0 2.9 0.01 25.0
2 5.0 2.4 0.008 20.0
3 10.0 1.8 0.006 15.0
4 15.0 1.2 0.004 10.0
5 20.0 0.9 0.0002 5.0
6 25.0 0.4 0.00004 1.0

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 Sample Conductance Dissociation Constant
1 M NH4OH 0.7
0.01 M NH4OH 0.5

Conclusions

Appendix
I. Sample Computations
*Data from Table 3 are used.

Concentration of Potassium Hydroxide in a solution, M2

M1VKOH=M2VSOLUTION
𝑚𝑜𝑙 1𝐿
M1 VKOH (0.01 𝐿 )(25 ml)(1000 𝑚𝐿)
M2= = 1𝐿
VSolution (25 mL)( )
1000 𝑚𝐿

M2= 0.01 M KOH

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