Unit-1.

Volumetric Analysis
A] Short questions:

1. What is meant by equivalent weight of an element? Find the equivalent weight of Fe in

Fe2O3.
2. What is basicity of an acid? Find equivalent weight of H3PO4 in following reaction:
Mg + H3PO4 → MgHPO4 + H2
3. Find the equivalent weight of each oxidant in following reaction:
i) KMnO4 + H2O → KOH + MnO2 + [O]
ii) K2Cr2O7 + H2SO4 → K2SO4 + Cr2(SO4)3 + H2O + [O]
4. What is meant by gram equivalent weight? Find the number of gram equivalent present in
5.3g of Na2CO3.
5. What is meant by (i) 5% (w/W) NaCl solution and (ii) 10% (w/V) NaOH solution?
6. Derive the relationship between normality and molarity of solution.
7. Define decinormal and decimolar solution.
8. What is meant by molal solution? Why it is better to express the concentration in terms of
molality rather than molarity?
9. What is primary standard solution? Na2CO3 is considered as primary standard, why?
10. Differentiate between normality factor and titration error.
11. Differentiate between equivalence point and end point.
12. What is acid-base titration? Which indicator is used in the titration of NaOH solution versus
standard oxalic acid solution?
13. What is redox titration? Which indicator is used in the titration of KMnO4 solution versus
standard oxalic acid solution in acidic medium and why?
14. Derive normality equation N1V1 = N2V2.
15. Is molarity equation M1V1 = M2V2 applied for all reactions? Why?

B] Numerical problems:

1. A solution is prepared by dissolving 1.575g of oxalic acid crystals in 500ml of its solution.
Express the strength in terms of (i) % by volume (ii) g/L (iii) Molarity (iv) Normality.
2. Calculate the molarity and molality of 1L solution of 93% H2SO4 (w/v). The density of
solution is 1.84 g/ml. (Ans: 9.48M & 10.42m)
3. Find the molarity of 5% H2SO4 solution. (Ans: 0.51M)
4. Find the normality of sulphuric acid having sp.gr. 1.51 which contains 60.65% pure H 2SO4 by
weight. (Ans: 18.69N)
5. Which one has higher concentration and why?
(a) 80 g/L NaOH & 3M NaOH solution.
(b) 5.3 g/L of Na2CO3 & N/10 Na2CO3 solution
6. What mass of Na2CO3 is required to make 50cc of its semi normal solution?
7. If a student weighed 1.56g of oxalic acid crystals in order to prepare its decinormal solution
in 250ml of volumetric flask. Find the normality factor and exact normality of the prepared
solution.
8. What volume and mass of pure water should be added to 500ml of 2N (f= 0.98) Na 2CO3 to
make exactly decinormal? (Ans: 9300ml & 9300g)
9. Conc. HCl has a sp.gr. of 1.16 and contains 32% of HCl by weight. What volume of this acid is
required to make 10L of normal solution of this acid? (Ans: 983.3ml)
10. What volume of 12M NaOH and 2M NaOH should be mixed together to get 2L of 9M NaOH
solution? (Ans: 1.4L & 0.6L)
11. 10cc of N/2HCl, 30cc of N/10HNO3 and 60cc of N/5H2SO4 are mixed together, calculate the
normality of mixture. (Ans: 0.2N)
12. If 10ml of H2SO4 is completely neutralized by 17ml of decinormal Na2CO3, what is the
normality of H2SO4 solution? (Ans: 0.17N)
13. Calculate the volume of 1M NaOH required to neutralize 200cc of 2M HCl. What mass of
NaCl are produced from neutralization? (Ans: 400cc & 23.5g)
14. x g of Na2CO3 reacts completely with 20ml of 1M HCl. Calculate the value of x. (Ans: 1.06g)
15. 0.715g of Na2CO3. x H2O required 20ml of seminormal HCl solution for complete reaction.
Find the value of x. (Ans: 2)
16. What volume of 5% Na2CO3 are required to neutralize 1L of N/10 H2SO4? (Ans: 106.38ml)
17. 25cc of an alkali solution is mixed with 8cc of 0.75N acid solution. For complete
neutralization, it further required 15cc of 0.8N acid solution. Find the normality of alkali.
18. 1g of divalent metal was dissolved in 25ml of 2N H2SO4 (f=1.01). The excess acid required
15.1ml of 1N NaOH (f=0.8) for complete neutralization. Find eq. wt. and at. wt. of metal.
(Ans: 26.02 & 52.04)
19. A piece of Mg ribbon is completely dissolved in 40cc of N/10 HCl. The excess of acid
required 15cc of N/5 NaOH solution for neutralization. Find the weight of Mg. (Ans: 0.012g)
20. 0.4 gm of a divalent metal was completely dissolved in 50 cc of 0.64N HCl solution. The
volume was then made up to 100cc. 25cc of this diluted acid required 27.3cc of 0.11N NaOH
for complete neutralization. Find the eq. wt. and at. wt. of the metal. (Ans: 20 & 40)
21. x gm of a metal (eq. wt. = 12) was completely dissolved in 100 cc of N/2 HCl solution. The
volume was then made up to 500 cc. 25cc of this diluted acid required 17.5cc of N/10 alkali
for complete neutralization. Find the value of x. (Ans: 0.18g)
22. 7.35g of dibasic acid are dissolved in water and solution was made up to 250cc. If 25cc of
solution requires 15cc of 1M NaOH for complete neutralization. Find eq. wt. and mol. wt. of
acid. (Ans: 49 & 98)
23. 2g dolomite was dissolved in 63.37 ml of 1N (f = 0.99) HCl and the resulting solution was
made up to 250ml. 25ml of N/10 NaOH solution was required to neutralize 30 ml of diluted
solution. Calculate the % composition of CaCO3 and MgCO3 in dolomite. (Ans: 75% & 25%)
24. 2.014g of chalk was dissolved in 50ml of 1N HCl. The excess of acid was titrated with 1N
NaOH, 10.7ml being required. Find % purity of chalk. (Ans: 97.56%)
25. Your chemistry teacher added 4g of NaOH in a bottle containing 20cc of 2N H 2SO4 and
diluted up to 1L. Then, he gave you a blue and a red litmus paper.
a) Which litmus paper would you used to test the solution and why? (2)
b) Calculate the normality of dilute solution. (2) (Ans: Red litmus & 0.06N)
26. Calculate the resulting normality of a solution prepared by mixing 20ml of 0.8M NaOH with
25ml of 0.4M H2SO4 solution. (Ans: Acidic, 0.089N)
27. A piece of aluminum weighing 2.7g is heated with 75ml of H2SO4 (sp.gr. 1.18 containing
24.7% H2SO4 by weight). After the metal is carefully dissolved, the solution is diluted to
400ml. Calculate the molarity of the free H2SO4 in the resulting solution. (Ans: 0.182M)
28. 2.84cc of “chamber acid” is made up to a liter solution. 50cc of this solution neutralize
38.2cc of N/10 Na2CO3 solution. Find the % purity of H2SO4 in “chamber acid” if its sp.gr. is
1.71.
29. 200ml of 0.2M HCl is titrated against 0.1M NaOH taken in burette. What is the molarity of
resulting solution when the acid is half neutralized? (Ans: 0.05M)

C] MCQ’s

1. What is the molarity of 0.4N Na2CO3 solution?

a) 0.1M b) 0.2M c) 0.4M d) 0.8M
2. What is the equivalent weight of H3PO4 according to following chemical reaction?
NaOH + H3PO4 → NaH2PO4 + H2O
a) 25 b) 49 c) 59 d) 98
3. Which of the following concentration measures changes as the temperature of a solution
changes?
a) Mass percentage b) Molality
c) Moe fraction d) Molarity
4. 1kg of water contains 4g of NaOH. The concentration of solution is best expressed as
a) 0.1m b) 0.1N
c) 0.1M d) 0.1 mole
5. 10ml of M/2 H2SO4 neutralize, how many volumes of decinormal NaOH?
a) 200ml b) 100ml
c) 50ml d) 400ml
6. 500g of a sample of toothpaste contains 0.2g of fluoride, the concentration of fluoride in
ppm is
 a) 200 b) 300
c) 400 d) 500
7. Molarity of pure water is
a) 55.55M b) 5.55M
c) 18M d) 0.55M
8. 100ml of 0.2M H2SO4 solution is neutralized with 100ml of 0.2M NaOH solution. The
resultant normality of the solution will be
a) 0 b) 0.1N c) 0.4N d) 0.7N
9. M is the molecular weight of KMnO4. The equivalent weight of KMnO4 when it is converted
into K2MnO4 is
a) M b) M/3 c) M/5 d) M/7
10. Acetic acid having molarity 2.05M and specific gravity 1.78g/cc has molality
a) 1.23m b) 2.40m c) 3.24m d) 1m