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Determining iron content by titration

Dan Blundon  Follow

In order for you to carry out this reaction, you need potassium permanganate, which provides the ion $\ce{MnO4^-}$. You also need sulfuric acid, and quite a lot of this acid, because the equation requires $\ce{8 H^+}$. And well ! $8$ is much ! So the reaction will not work without acid. And you still need $5$ electrons, which are provided by $\ce{5 Fe^{2+}}$ ion. The $\ce{K+}$ brought by the potassium permanganate remains in the solution as spectator. They don't react.

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Eric Jones  Follow
In the experiment sheet it does not mention anything about sulfuric acid. It only mentions 100ml ground water and 6.5x10-5 mol l-1 potassium permanganate. So I’m this case how much sulfuric acid is needed?More
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Gary Bazo  Follow
@Lulu. $\pu{100 mL}$ ground water has a meaning. But $\pu{6.5E{-5} mol L^{-1}}$ permanganate has no meaning. One should give you an information like "XXX milliliters of potassium permanganate having a concentration of YYY mole per liter was used for titrating this amount of ground water"More
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