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A student weighs by difference 0.1956g of sodium oxalate into a 100ml Volumetric flask and dilutes to the mark 10mL of HCI and 90mL of distilled water. The student then pipetted a 25mL aliquot of the ocalate solution to a 125mL Erlenmeyer flask. Approximately how many mL's of 0.02 M KMnO4 would be requied to reach the equivalence point of the trtration?
The balanced alf reactions are:
Reduction: MnO4- + 8H+ + 5e- --> Mn2+ + 4H2O
Oxidation: C2O4 2- ---> 2CO2+ 2e-
Combining (and balancing) the two half reactions yields:
2MnO4 2- + 5 C2O4 2- + 16H+ ---> 2Mn2+ + 10CO2 + 8 H2O
Reduction: MnO4- + 8H+ + 5e- --> Mn2+ + 4H2O
Oxidation: C2O4 2- ---> 2CO2+ 2e-
Combining (and balancing) the two half reactions yields:
2MnO4 2- + 5 C2O4 2- + 16H+ ---> 2Mn2+ + 10CO2 + 8 H2O
no of moles of Na2C2O4 = W/G.M.Wt
= 0.1956/134 = 0.00146 moles
from balanced equation
5 moles of Na2C2O4 react with 2 moles of KMnO4
0.00146 moles of Na2C2O4 react with = 2*0.00146/5 = 0.000584 moles of KMnO4
molarity = no of moles/volume in L
0.02 = 0.000584/volume in L
volume in L = 0.000584/0.02 = 0.0292 L = 29.2ml >>>> answer