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Academic Session 2018/2019

TEST

EBS 336/3: ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

CODE AND COURSE TITLE

TEST NO. 2
CHAPTERS CHAPTER 10-12

NAME

MATRIX NO.

DATE / TIME 20 December 2018 ( 9.00 - 10.00 pm)

LECTURER DR. NURUL ‘AIN JABIT

TESTS ASSESSMENT SCHEME BASED ON RUBRIC

Q1. (a) (maximum 20)

(b) (maximum 30)

Q2. (a) (maximum 10)

(b) (maximum 10)
(c) (maximum 30)
TOTAL (out of 100)

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Answer all Questions.

Q1. A 25.0 ml aliquot of saline solution was acidified with dilute nitric acid and treated
with 25.00 ml of 0.2149 M AgNO3. After addition of a few millimeters of nitrobenzene, the
solution required 26.40 ml 0f 0.1322 M KSCN for titration.

[a] State the type of titration method above and write the titration and indicator
reaction equations
Answer: Precipitation Titration – Volhard method
Analyte reaction : Cl- + Ag → AgCl(s)
Tittration reaction : Ag+ + SCN- →AgSCN (s)
Indicator reaction : Fe3+ + SCN → FeSCN2+
(20 marks)

[b] Calculate the molar concentration of NaCl in the saline solution

Answer:
Cl- + Ag+ → AgCl + excess Ag+
excess Ag+ + SCN- → AgSCN
End point detected with the addition of Fe(III) as ferric alum:
Fe3+ + SCN- → Fe (SCN)2+

Amount Ag+ added= 0.2149 M x 25.00 ml = 5.3725 mmol

Amount of SCN- required = amount of Ag+ in excess = 0.1322 M x 26.4 ml = 3.4900
mmol
Amount of Ag+ used = amount of saline = 5.3725 – 3.4900 = 1.8825 mmol
Molar concentration of saline water = 1.8825 = 0.0753 mol/l
25

(30 marks)

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Q2.
[a] From your understanding describe electromagnetic radiation.

Answer: Electromagnetic radiation is a form of energy that is produced by oscillating

electric and magnetic waves, or by the movement of electrically charged particles
traveling through a vacuum or matter carrying electromagnetic radiant energy. It includes
radio waves, microwaves, infrared, (visible) light, ultraviolet, X-rays, and gamma rays.

(10 marks)
[b] Write the definition of photon, wavelength and frequency and describe the
relationship between them.
Answer:
A photon is a discrete packet of energy associated with electromagnetic radiation (light).
A wavelength is a measure of distance between two identical peaks or crests: high
points or between two identical troughs low points in a wave.
Frequency is the rate per second of a vibration constituting a wave, in an
electromagnetic field (as in radio waves and light).
Relationship between wavelength, photon and frequency
∆E = nhν = n h c
λ
Where ∆E = change in energy
h = plank’s constant (6.626 x 10-34 Js)
C = speed of light
Λ = wavelength
n = number of photon

Energy is directly proportional to number of photon and their frequency

(10 marks)
[c] A solution containing 6.94 x 10-6 M CrQ3 (Q = 8-hydroxyquinolate ion) had a

percent transmittance of 31.4 in a 1.00 cm cell. Calculate the following.

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(i) absorbance of the solution (5 marks)

Answer: %T = 31.4 hence T = 0.314

A = log 1/T = εbC

A = log 1/0.314 = 0.503

(ii) molar absorptivity of the complex (5 marks)

Answer: A = εbC

Therefore ε = A/bC = 0.503/(1 cm ∙ 6.94 x 10-6 ) = 7.25 x 104 L/mol∙cm

(iii) absorbance in a 5.00-cm cell of a solution one-half the foregoing concentration.

(10 marks)

Answer : A = 7.25 x 104 L/mol∙cm ∙ 5 cm ∙ (6.94 x 10-6 x ½ M) = 1.26

(iv) cell path length needed to give a percent transmittance of 10.0. (10 marks)

Answer: % T = 10

T = 0.1

Log 1/T = εbC

b = (log 1/0.1) / 7.25 x 104 L/mol∙cm ∙ 6.94 x 10-6 = 1.99

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