2.5 Phys Chem. Dissociation Constant of Methyl Orange

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Experiment 2.5 Physical Chemistry Laboratory Spectrophotometric determination of the Dissociation constant of methyl orange Colin O’Neill AS2 08/02/15 Introduction: Methyl orange (IUPAC name: Sodium 4-[(4-dimethylamino)phenyldiazenyl]benzenesulfonate) is a pH indicator used in many titrations and other reactions; it has a sharp end point but not a complete colour change spectrum. When in solution it dissociates into an acid and base, the acidic portion being red and the basic portion being yellow. This is what gives it its indicator properties as under acid conditions it will be in its red form and under basic conditions, its yellow form. Solutions where both forms are present, concentrations can be measured spectrophotometrically. In this lab by making up basic and acid forms of indicator and analysing them spectrophotometrically the dissociation constant could be determined. Results and Conclusions: The concentration of methyl orange used was 2.5x10-4 moles/litre The solutions are then made up to 0.05 litres: 0.0025 litres (x 2.5x10-4) ÷ 0.05 = 2.25x10-5 moles/litre 1 and 6 0.004 litres (x 2.5x10-4) ÷ 0.05 = 2x10-5 moles/litre 2 and 7 0.005 litres (x 2.5x10-4) ÷ 0.05 = 2.5x105 moles/litre 3 and 8 0.006 litres (x 2.5x10-4) ÷ 0.05 = 3x10-5 moles/litre 4 and 9 0.0075 litres (x 2.5x10-4) ÷ 0.05 = 3.75x10-5 moles/litre 5 and 10 The highlighted concentrations are for solutions 1-5 and 6-10 Experiment 2.5 Physical Chemistry Laboratory Spectrophotometric determination of the Dissociation constant of methyl orange Colin O’Neill AS2 08/02/15 By scanning solutions 5 and 8 between 400 – 600nm using the spectrophotometer two peaks were found at 507nm and 464nm, these wavelengths were then used to measure absorbance of all the solutions. Absorbance vs. Concentration at 464nm 0.9

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