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IODOMETRY
AIM
INTRODUCTION
Iodide ion (I-) is a moderately effective reducing agent that has been used for the analysis of
oxidants.
The lack of a good method of end point detection makes direct titration of oxidizing agents by
solutions of iodide salts impractical. Thus, indirect procedure is always employed. This involves
reduction with a moderate unmeasured excess of potassium iodide. Liberated iodine (I2) is then
titrated with a standard solution of a reducing agent. The quantity of the iodine is equivalent in
quantity to the oxidant being determined. Sodium thiosulfate, Na2S2O3, is mostly used for this
purpose.
The reaction between iodine and thiosulfate ion is as follows:
2S2O32- + I2 ↔ S4O62- + 2I-
The end point in the titration is readily established by means of starch solution. It should be
emphasized that starch is partially decomposed in the presence of a large excess of iodine. For
this reason the indicator is never added to an iodine solution until the bulk of that substance has
been reduced. The change in color of the iodine from a red-brown to a faint yellow signals the
proper time for the addition of the indicator.
1) Heat 0.5 L of distilled water to boiling in a beaker covered with a watch glass. Boil for at
least 10 minutes.
2) Cool and add necessary amount of Na2S2O3.5H2O to prepare 0.5 L of 0.1 M Na2S2O3 and
add 0.05 g of Na2CO3.
5) Two replicates will be performed for each student. Calculate the molarity of the thiosulfate
solution for the results of 4 students.
C) Determination of Copper
1) Take your unknown sample into a 250 mL erlenmeyer flask and add 50 mL distilled water.
2) Add 1.0 mL of 3.0 M H2SO4 and then 4.0 g of KI.
3) Titrate immediately with standardized Na2S2O3 solution until the solution becomes pale
yellow and then, add 2.0 g of potassium thiocyanate, KSCN and 5.0 mL of starch indicator.
It has been found experimentally that the titration of iodine by thiosulfate in the
presence of CuI tends to yield slightly low results because appreciable quantities of
iodine are adsorbed on the solid. This difficulty is largely overcome by the addition of
thiocyanate (SCN-) ion which also forms a sparingly soluble copper (I) salt. Part of the
copper (I) iodide is converted to the corresponding thiocyanate at the surface of the
solid:
2Cu2 4I 2CuI(s) I2
CuI(s) SCN CuSCN(s) I
Accompanying this reaction is the release of the adsorbed iodine, I2, thus making it
available for titration. Early addition of SCN- must be avoided, however, because of the
tendency for that ion to reduce iodine slowly.
2Cu 2 4I 2CuI(s) I2
2 2I S O2
I2 2S2O3 4 6
2I - 2Cu 2 2S2O3
2 2CuI(s) S O2
4 6
PRE-LAB STUDIES
POST-LAB STUDIES
Student Replicate 1
1
Replicate 2
Student Replicate 1
2
Replicate 2
Student Replicate 1
3
Replicate 2
C. Determination of Copper
Volume of Na2S2O3, Mass of Mean mass, True mass of % Relative
mL copper, mg ̅ 𝐬)
mg (𝐗 copper, mg Error
Replicate 1
Replicate 2