Chemistry Equilibrium: Formation Constant Of a Com

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Oladapo Adaramola Lab # 6 Chemistry equilibrium: Formation constant of a complex ion system Aim: Find the equilibrium concentrations of FeSCN+2 from a graph of absorbance vs. known FeSCN+2 concentrations. Calculate the equilibrium constant (K) for the reaction. Procedure part 1: In order to know the relation between the absorbance of a solution and its concentration, it is necessary for the experimenter to prepare a calibration graph of the molar concentration of FeSCN2+ vs. absorbance. The problem associated with this is that since the reaction is an equilibrium reaction, it has not gone to completion, and the concentration of FeSCN2+ in solution is difficult to determine. Thus, the experiment should “force” the reaction to go almost to completion by the addition of an excess (over 200 times of the amount needed) of Fe3+ ions to a relative small quantity of HSCN. According to LeChatelier’s principle, this causes the reaction to go essentially to completion, and create the maximum amount of product. In these solutions we can assume that all the HSCN present has reacted to form FeSCN2+, so the FeSCN2+ concentration can be calculated. The standard (known concentration) solutions will be prepared using a mixture of KSCN, Fe(NO3)3, in HNO3 solutions. KSCN ionizes into K+ and SCN-, and in the presence of the H+ ion supplied by nitric acid, the H+ and SCN- will combine to form the weak acid HSCN. Since there is a large excess of nitric acid compared to KSCN, we can assume that all of the SCN- will be in the form of HSCN. Procedure part 2: Six test tubes were filled with various amounts of 0.003M sodium thiocynate. A constant amount of 10 ml of 0.003 M Fe(NO3)3. The first tube had no sodium thiocynate. The next five were given increasing amounts by two ml for each test tube. In each test tube, an amount of 1.00 M nitric acid was

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