NAME

: ALVIN LIM WEA SHYANG

STUDENT ID

:1402916

EXPERIMENT

:6

DATE OF EXPERIMENT

:17/6/2015

DATE OF SUBMISSION

:30/6/2015

LECTURER

: DR. SIM YOKE LENG

PRACTICAL GROUP :P3

GROUP MEMBER

:LIM TZE CHIN, MYRON WONG A/L MANOKARAN

Title: Standardization of sodium thiosulphate (Na2S2O3) solution by potassium

iodate (KIO3).

Objective: To standardize sodium thiosulphate (Na2S2O3) solution by potassium

iodate (KIO3).

Material:

-Approximately 0.1M sodium thiosulphate

-0.167M potassium iodate
-1M sulphuric acid
-Starch indicator
-Volumetric flask 100ml
-Pipette 10ml

Procedure:
Preparation of 0.167M of potassium iodate solution
1. 10ml of the stock solution of potassium iodate was pipette into a
volumetric flask of 100ml.
2. Distilled water was then carefully added to the volumetric flask until the
graduation mark was reached.
3. The flask was stopper and shaken well.

Titration
1. 25 cm

of potassium iodide was pipette into a conical flask.

2. About 1g of potassium iodide was then added to the conical flask.

3. With about 15 cm

of diluted sulphuric acid was added to acidified the

solution.
4. Sodium thiosulphate was then added from the burette, until the colour of
the solution is orange.
5. Then a few drops of starch 9ndicator was added to the solution and the
titration was continued until the blue colour of indicator was discharged.
6. The titration was repeated twice.

Results:
Titration number
Initial volume of

1
0.00

2
0.20

3
9.20

25.90

26.20

34.30

25.90

26.00

25.10

burette( cm
Final volume of
3

burette( cm
Total volume of
Na2S2O3 used (

cm 3

Average volume of Na2S2O3 required for titration = 25.70 cm

Calculations:
1. a) Molarity of Na2S2O3
No. of mol of =

(0.0167)(25)
1000

KIO3
=

4.175x 10

mol

KIO3 + 5 KI + 3 H2SO4 _ 3 K2SO4 + 3 H2O + 3 I2

From the equation above 1 mole of KIO3 produce 3 mole of I2
3

4.175x 10

mol of KIO3 will produce X mole of I2

4

No. of mol of I2 = (4.175x 10

3

=1.253 x 10

(3)

mol

I2 + 2 Na2S2O3 = Na2S4O6 + 2NaI

From the equation above 1 mole of I2 react with 2 mole of Na2S2O3
3

1.253 x 10

of I2 reacts with X mole of Na2S2O3

No. of mole of Na2S2O3 =( 1.253 x 103 2)

=2.506 x 10

mol

Average volume of Na2S2O3 required for titration = 25.70 cm

=0.0257 dm

Molarity of Na2S2O3 = 2.506 x 10

0.0257
=0.09751mol/ dm

b) Concentration of hydrated salt

No. of mol

= 2.506 x 10

mol

of Na2S2O3
Relative molecular mass of Na2S2O3 =158g/mol

Mass of

= (2.506 x 103 158)

Na2S2O3

= 0.3959g

Concentration of
hydrated salt

0.3959
(25.70/1000)
=15.41g/ dm

2.

Relative molecular mass of Na2S2O3 =158g/mol

Relative molecular mass of XH 2O = 248-158
=90g/mol
X= 90/18
=5 mole

3.
Iodometry , also known as iodometric titration, is a method
of volumetric chemical analysis, a redox titration where the appearance or
disappearance of elementary iodine indicates the end point of the experiment.

Iodimetry is the determination of the amount of iodine in a compound or of the

amount consumed in a reaction by titrating with a standard solution. The correct
definition of this experiment is iodometry.

4.
No ,because starch indicator can be destroyed in the presence of excess triiodide
in the experiment and that is why after the amount of the triiodide in the
experiment has decrease almost at the end of the experiment then the starch
indicator will be added to indicate the presence of iodine.

Discussion :

The purpose of the experiment is to standardized by potassium iodate by first

diluting the potassium iodate solution with distilled water in a volumetric flask
and pipette it into a conical flask and further titrate with sodium thiosulphate
solution.

From the experiment the result that have been obtained for the first titration is
25.90 cm

of sodium thiosulphate solution was used. For the second titration

the volume of sodium thiosulphate solution that was used was 26.00 cm

Lastly for the third titration the volume of sodium thiosulphate solution that was
used was 25.10 cm

. The average amount of sodium thiosulphate solution that

was used was 25.70 cm

During titration the solution turn to orange and at that moment starch indicator
was added and the solution turned dark blue. At the end of the titration the
solution turns colourless. This was because iodide solutions are colourless and
the amount of sodium thiosulphate solution used was recorded.

Precaution steps that has to be taken when performing the experiment is to wear
gloves all the time. This is because we are handling with concentrated chemical
solution. Second precaution steps is to wear lab coat in the lab as we do not
want any spill of chemical to our body. Third when taking down the measurement

form the apparatus like measuring cylinder, pipette and burette, make the eye is
on the same level as the meniscus. Fourth precaution step is repeating the
titration three times to get an average reading of the volume of sodium
thiosulphate solution used. Last precaution step is to read the lab manual before
performing the experiment to avoid uncertainties .

Conclusion:
The average volume of sodium thiosulphate solution(Na2S2O3 ) that was required
for the titration is 25.70 cm

Reference:
Burns, R. (2003). Fundamentals of chemistry. Upper Saddle River: Pearson Education International.
Lim, Y. and Yip, K. (2005). Physical chemistry. Petaling Jaya: Pearson Malaysia.