Lab Report 26: Redox Titration of a Metal Oxalate Compound with Permanganate
Roberto DeVarona
Section: A29, TA: Alexandra Mandl
Partner: Amenda Kang
Date: 4/13/17
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Introduction:
Titration is a technique used to find an unknown molarity or mass using a previously known
molarity. Typically, the titrant (substance being added) is added from the buret in increments to
a known volume of the analyte (the unknown substance). Usually, this is conducted between
acids and bases in which the person doing the titration attempts to neutralize the solution. In
this experiment, a redox titration was performed, in which the reaction taking place is a redox
reaction. The reaction in which this titration was based off was:
2
+
¿
(
aq
)
−
¿
(
aq
)
→CO
2
(
g
)
+
M n
¿
2
−
¿
(
aq
)
+
MnO
4
¿
C
2
O
4
¿
In this experiment, a metal oxalate is titrated by permanganate, an extremely strong oxidizer.
First, 3 standardization titrations will be performed with sodium oxalate, and then 2 titrations
will be performed with Iron Oxalate. Through this, the mass percent of oxalate to iron in the
compound itself will be measured. Theoretically, the mass percent is 61.2%, so the mass
percent should be similar to this. Also, a titration for an analyte with more mass should need
more titrant to fully complete the reaction. This experiment is important because it
