Analytical Chemistry Final Flashcards
a reagent of known concentration
that is used in a titrimetric analysis
standard solution
a process in which a standard reagent is
added to a solution of an analyte until the reaction
between the analyte and reagent is judged to be
complete
Titration
a process in which the excess of a standard
solution used to consume an analyte is determined by
titration with a second standard solution
Back-titration
the point in a titration when the amount
of added standard reagent is equivalent to the amount of analyte
equivalence point
the point in a titration when a physical change
occurs that is associated with the condition of chemical
equivalence
end point
often added to the analyte solution to give an
observable physical change (the end point) at or near the
equivalence point
Indicators
highly purified compound that serves
as a reference material in all volumetric and mass titrimetric
methods
primary standard
a carefully weighed
quantity of a primary standard is dissolved in a suitable
solvent and diluted to a known volume in a volumetric flask
direct method
a compound whose purity has been
established by chemical analysis and that serves as the
reference material for a titrimetric method of analysis
secondary standard
the concentration of a volumetric
solution is determined by titrating it against a carefully
measured quantity of a primary or secondary standard or an
exactly known volume of another standard solution
standardization
the number of moles of
reagent contained in one liter of solution
Molar concentration
the number of equivalents of reagent in the
same volume
normal
concentration
the mass of
titrant is measured rather than the volume
Mass (weight) or gravimetric titrations
plots of a concentration related variable as a function of reagent volume
Titration curves
important observations are confined to a small region (typically ± 0.1 to ± 0.5 ml)
surrounding the equivalence point
sigmoidal curve,
measurements are made on both sides of but well away from the equivalence point
Linear segment curve
type offers the advantages of speed and
convenience
sigmoidal
a weak organic acid
or a weak organic base whose undissociated form differs in color from its conjugate form
acid/base indicator
a mixture of a weak acid and its conjugate base or a weak base and its conjugate acid that resists changes in pH of a solution
buffer
a solution of a
conjugate acid / base pair that resists changes in pH
buffer solution
cause the most pronounced change in pH at the equivalence point
Strong acids and strong bases
donor species with at least one pair of unshared electrons
ligand
produced when a metal ion coordinates with two
or more donor groups of a single ligand to form a five- or six membered heterocyclic ring
chelate
A ligand that has a single donor group
unidentate
a ligand that has two groups available for covalent bonding
bidentate
Titrations with silver nitrate
argentometric titrations
The Mohr titration must be carried out at a pH of 7 to
10 because
chromate ion is the conjugate base of the weak chromic acid
in acidic solutions, where the pH is less than 7, the chromate ion concentration is
too low to produce the precipitate.
The most important application of the Volhard Method is for
indirect determination of halide ions