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Sodium Acetate
(Sodium Acetate, Anhydrous)
Part 4, Monographs for Reagent Chemicals: General Descriptions, Specifications, and Tests
eISBN: 9780841230460
Tom Tyner Chair, ACS Committee on Analytical Reagents
James Francis Secretary, ACS Committee on Analytical Reagents

ABSTRACT
This monograph for Sodium Acetate provides, in addition to common physical constants, a general description including
typical appearance, applications, change in state (approximate), and aqueous solubility. The monograph also details
the following specifications and corresponding tests for verifying that a substance meets ACS Reagent Grade
specifications including: Assay, pH of a 5% Solution at 25.0 °C, Insoluble Matter, Loss on Drying, Chloride, Phosphate,
Sulfate, Calcium, Magnesium, Heavy Metals, and Iron.

CH3COONa Formula Wt 82.03 CAS No. 127-09-3

GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Typical appearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . white solid
Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . buffers
Change in state (approximate) . . . . . . . . . . . . melting point, 324 °C
Aqueous solubility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.5 g in 100 mL at 20 °C

SPECIFICATIONS
Assay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ≥99.0% C2H3O2Na
pH of a 5% solution at 25.0 °C . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.0–9.2
Maximum Allowable
Insoluble matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.01%
Loss on drying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0%
Chloride (Cl) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.002%
Phosphate (PO4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001%
Sulfate (SO4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.003%
Calcium (Ca) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.005%
Magnesium (Mg) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.002%

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Heavy metals (by ICP–OES) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001%

Iron (Fe) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001%

TESTS
Assay
(Total alkalinity by nonaqueous titration). Weigh accurately about 0.3 g of sample into a 125 mL flask, and dissolve in 50 mL
of acetic acid and 5 mL of acetic anhydride. Prepare a blank using 50 mL of acetic acid and 5 mL of acetic anhydride. Allow
to stand for 15 min. Add 0.10 mL of crystal violet indicator solution to both flasks, and titrate with 0.1 N perchloric acid in
glacial acetic acid volumetric solution until the solution color changes from violet to emerald green. One milliliter of 0.1 N
perchloric acid corresponds to 0.008203 g of CH3COONa.

pH of a 5% Solution at 25.0 °C
[Part 2: Direct Electrometric Methods; pH Potentiometry; pH Range; Procedure for pH of a 5% Solution at 25.0 °C].

Insoluble Matter
[Part 2: Gravimetric Methods; Insoluble Matter]. Use 20 g dissolved in 150 mL of water.

Loss on Drying
Weigh accurately about 2 g in a tared, preconditioned weighing bottle, and dry at 120 °C to constant weight.

Chloride
[Part 2: Colorimetry and Turbidimetry; Chloride]. Use 0.50 g.

Phosphate
[Part 2: Colorimetry and Turbidimetry; Phosphate; Procedure for Phosphate, Method 2 (Extracted Molybdenum Blue)].
Dissolve 2.0 g in 10 mL of nitric acid, and evaporate to dryness on a hot plate (~100 °C). Add 10 mL of nitric acid, and repeat
the evaporation. Dissolve in 80 mL of water, add 0.5 g of ammonium molybdate, and adjust the pH to 1.8 (using a pH meter)
with dilute hydrochloric acid (1: 9). Heat to boiling, cool, add 10 mL of hydrochloric acid, and continue as described. Carry
along a standard containing 0.02 mg of phosphate ion (PO4) treated in the same manner as the sample after the addition of
80 mL of water.

Sulfate
[Part 2: Colorimetry and Turbidimetry; Sulfate; Procedure for Sulfate, Method 1]. Allow 30 min for turbidity to form.

Calcium and Magnesium

(By flame AAS, [Part 2: Trace and Ultratrace Elemental Analysis; Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy; Analysis; Procedure for
Flame AAS]).

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For the Determination of Calcium and Magnesium

S a m p l e S t o c k S o l u t i o n . Dissolve 5.0 g in 80 mL of water, and transfer to a 100 mL volumetric flask. Dilute to the
mark with water (1 mL = 0.05 g).

For the Determination of Calcium and Magnesium

Element Wavelength (nm) Sample Wt (g) Standard Added Flame Type* Background
(mg) Correction
Ca 422.7 0.50 0.025; 0.05 N/A No
Mg 285.2 0.50 0.01; 0.02 A/A Yes
*A/A is air/acetylene; N/A is nitrous oxide/acetylene.

Heavy Metals
([Part 2: Trace and Ultratrace Elemental Analysis; Inductively Coupled Plasma−Optical Emission Spectroscopy (ICP–OES);
Calculation of Heavy Metals (by ICP–OES) Results], by ICP–OES). Use 1.0 g sample.

Iron
[Part 2: Colorimetry and Turbidimetry; Iron; Procedure for Iron, Method 1 (Ammonium Thiocyanate)]. Dissolve 1.0 g in 50 mL
of dilute hydrochloric acid (1:24), and use the solution without further acidification.

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