LIET233 Anal. Chem. & Ex. Environ. Sci.

HW assignment #1
Due Mar 22, 2017
1. (Problem 4-37, Skoog) Exactly 75.00 mL of a 0.3132 M solution of Na2SO3 were treated with
150.0 mL of 0.4025 M HClO4 and boiled to remove the SO2 formed.
(a) What was the mass in grams of SO2 that was evolved?

A balanced chemical equation can be written as:

Na2SO3 + 2HClO4 2NaClO4 + H2O+ SO2(g)

0.3132 mol Na2 SO3 L

0.3132 M Na2SO3 = 1000 75 mL = 2.3102 mol Na2SO3
L mL
0.4025 mol HClO4 L
0.4025 M HClO4 = 1000 150.0 mL = 6.038102 mol HClO4
L mL

Because one mole SO2 is evolved per mole Na2SO3, Na2SO3 is the limiting reagent. Thus,
mol SO2 64.06 g SO2
2.3102 mol Na2SO3 mol Na SO = 1.5 gSO2 evolved.
2 mol
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(b) What was the concentration of the unreacted reagent (Na2SO3 or HClO4) after the reaction
was complete?

mol HClO4 unreacted = (6.038102 mol (2 2.3102) = 1.4102 mol

1.4102 mol HClO4 1000 mL
= 6.4102 M HClO4 = 0.064 M
225 mL 1 L

2. (Problem 5-10, Skoog) The color change of a chemical indicator requires an overtitration of
0.03 mL. Calculate the percent relative error if the total volume of titrant is
(a) 50.00 mL
(0.03/50.00) 100% = 0.060%

(b) 10.0 mL
(0.03/10.0) 100% = 0.30%

(c) 25.0 mL
(0.03/25.0) 100% = 0.12%

(d) 30.0 mL
(0.03/30.0) 100% = 0.10%

3. (Problem 6-10, Skoog) Estimate the absolute standard deviation and the coefficient of
variation for the results of the following calculations. Round each result to include only
significant figures. The numbers in parentheses are absolute standard deviations.
(a) y = 1.02(0.02) 108 3.54(0.2) 109

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(b) y = 90.31(0.08) 89.32(0.06) + 0.200(0.004)

(c) y = 0.0040(0.0005) 10.28(0.02) 347(1)

223(0.03)1014
(d) y = 1.47(0.04)1016

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100(1)
(e) y = 2(1)

1.49(0.02)102 4.97(0.06)103
(f) y = 27.1(0.7)+8.99(0.08)

4 (Problem 6-21, Skoog) Calculate a pooled estimate of from the following spectrophotometric
analysis for NTA (nitrilotriacetic acid) in water from the Ohio River:

Sample NTA, ppb

1 13, 19, 12, 7
2 42, 40, 39
3 29, 25, 26, 23, 30

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5. (Problem 10.30, Sawyer) The following results in mg/L were obtained from repeated analysis
of nitrate in water. Determine the mean and median for the data set. Also from these data,
prepare a frequency distribution table and a histogram.

10.7, 10.7, 10.5, 10.7, 10.3, 10.7, 10.9, 11.1, 10.5, 9.9, 10.7, 10.9, 11.1, 10.1, 10.3, 10.5, 10.9,
10.3, 10.3, 10.5, 10.3, 10.1, 9.7, 10.3, 10.3, 10.1, 10.3, 10.3, 10.7, 9.9, 10.7, 10.7, 10.7, 10.1,
10.5, 9.9, 10.5, 10.7, 10.3, 10.1, 10.7, 10.5, 10.5, 11.1, 10.9, 10.9, 10.5, 10.5, 10.7, 10.7