Researching chemistry: volumetric analysis

Question 1

how do you prepare a standard solution

Answer 1

weighing a primary standard accurately
 dissolving in a small volume of solvent (usually deionised or distilled water) in a beaker
 transferring the solution and rinsings into a volumetric flask
 making up to the graduation mark with solvent
 stoppering and inverting

Question 2

what is the other way a standard solution be made up

Answer 2

by accurate dilution by
pipetting an appropriate volume of a standard solution into a volumetric flask, making up to the graduation mark with solvent, stoppering and inverting.

Question 3

what are the musts of a primary standard

Answer 3

be available in a high state of purity
 be stable when solid and in solution
 be soluble
 have a reasonably high GFM

Question 4

what are some examples of primary standards

Answer 4

 sodium carbonate
 hydrated oxalic acid
potassium hydrogen phthalate
silver nitrate
 potassium iodate
 potassium dichromate