Volumetric studies in oxidation-reduction reactions: Oxidation with chloramine-t. iodine monochloride method

Chloramine-T has been used as an oxidizing agent in hydrochloric acid medium' for the volumetric estimations of potassium iodide, hydrazine sulphate, arscnious oxide, stannous chloride, mercurous chloride, tartar-emetic, potassium thiocyanate and ferrous ammonium sulphate, using iodine monochloride as a catalyst and pre-oxidizer. Chloroform is used as an indicator. It is coloured pink owing to the liberation of iodine during the titration and becomes very pale yellow at the end-point because of the formation of iodine monochloride.     

Sodium meta-vanadate as volumetric reagent : Iodine monochloride method

Sodium meta-vanadate has been used as an oxidising agent in hydrochloric acid medium for the volumetric estimations of potassium iodide, sodium arsenite, mercurous chloride, potassium thiocyanate, sodium sulphite, sodium bisulphite, sodium thiosulphate, ferrous sulphate and hydrazine sulphate, using iodine monochloride as a catalyst and preoxidiser. Chloroform is used as an indicator. It is coloured pink due to the liberation, of iodine during the titration and becomes light pale yellow at the end-point due to the formation of iodine monochloride.     

Volumetric studies in oxidation-reduction reactions : Oxidation with sodium hypochlorite iodine monochloride method

Alkaline sodium hypochlorite was used as an oxidant to determine arsenious oxide, hydrazine sulphate, ferrous ammonium sulphate, stannous chloride, sodium sulphite, potassium iodide, mercurous chloride, thallous chloride and tartar emetic, by a volumetric method, using iodine monochloride as catalyst and preoxidizer. During these titrations, the normality of the solution with respect to hydrochloric acid was kept between 5N and 7N, Chloroform was used as an indicator. Its pink colour due to the liberation of iodine during the titration turns very pale yellow at the end-point because of the formation of iodine monochloride     

Studies in oxidation-reduction reactions: Oxidation with chloramine-b,iodine monochloride method

Chloramine-B has been used as an oxidizing agent in hydrochloric acid medium for the volumetric estimations of potassium iodide, arsenious oxide, tartar-emetic, mercurous chloride, stannous chloride, potassium thiocyanate, ferrous ammonium sulphate, hydrazine sulphate and hydroquinone, using iodine monochloride as a catalyst and pre-oxidizer. Chloroform is used as an indicator. It is coloured pink owing to the liberation of iodine during the titration and becomes light pale yellow at the end-point because of the formation of iodine monochloride.     

Diethylenetetra-ammonium sulphatocerate as volumetric reagent: Iodine monochloride method

The method of preparation of diethylenetetra-ammoniuin sulphatocerate is described. This substance has been used as an oxidant to determine potassium iodide, ferrous ammonium sulphate, arsenious oxide, stannous chloride, hydrazinc sulphate, thallous chloride. hydroquinone and potassium ferrocyanide by a volumetric method, using iodine inonochloride as catalyst and preoxidizer. During these titrations, normality of the solution with respect to hydrochloric acid has been kept at about 6N. Chloroform is used as an indicator. It is 'coloured pink owing to the liberation of iodine during the titration and becomes very pale yellow at the end-point because of the formation of iodine monochloride.     

Diethylenetetra-ammonium sulphatocerate as volumetric reagent: Iodine monochloride method. Indirect determinations

In presence of 4N to N hydrochloric acid, diethylenetetra-ammnonium sulphatocerate was used as a volumetric reagent to determine indirectly potassium iodate, potassium metaperiodate, potassium dichromate, potassium bromate, ceric sulphate, hydrogen peroxide, lead dioxide and chloramine-B by the iodine monochloride method. An excess of potassium iodide added to each of the substances in the acid medium was, titrated back with a standard solution of diethylene-tetra-ammonium suphatocerate. Chloroform was used as an indicator. It was coloured violet owing to the liberation of iodine during the titralion and became very pale yellow at the end-point because of the formation of iodine monochloride.     

Oxidimetric methods for the volumetric estimation of sulphite

1. The use of permanganate, ceric sulphate, and dichromate for the estimation of sulphite has been reinvestigated, although these reagents have heen discarded as useless by earlier investigators. By using catalysts under controlled acid concentration, we have been able to develop conditions for the quantitative oxidation of sulphite to sulphate at room temperature by any one of these oxidizing agents, avoiding the formation of dithionate. Copper sulphate and iodine monochlonde have been found useful as catalysts with potassium permanganate and dichromate; but only iodine monochloride with ceric sulphate. 2. Sodium sulphite is also oxidized quantitatively to sulphate at room temperature, when added to excess of sodium vanadate solution containing 5 to 6N hydrochloric acid and iodine monochloride as catalyst.     

Volumetric studies in oxidation-reduction reactions: Reduction with ferrous ethylenediamine sulphate ceric sulphate method

Ferrous ethylenediamine sulphate has been used as a reducing agent in acid medium for the indirect volumetric estimations of potassium chlorate, potassium bromate, potassium metaperiodate, potassium dichromate, potassium ferricyanide, potassium permanganate, potassium persulphate, hydrogen peroxide and ceric sulphate. The excess of ferrous ethylenediamine sulphate added to each of the substances in acid medium was titrated with standard ceric sulphate solution using ferroin as an indicator.     

Potentiometric studies in oxidation-reduction reactions: Reduction with ferrous ethylenediamine sulphate ceric sulphate method

Ferrous ethylenediamine sulphate has been used as a reducing agent to determine indirectly potassium permanganate, ceric sulphate, potassium chlorate, hydrogen peroxide, potassium persulphate, potassium dichromate and potassium bromate by a potentiometric method. An excess of ferrous ethylenediamine sulphate added to each of the substances in acid medium was titrated with a standard solution of ceric sulphate, using platinum foil as an oxidation-reduction electrode coupled with a saturated calomel electrode through an agar-agar potassium chloride bridge.     

Volumetric studies in oxidation-reduction reactions: Reduction with ferrous ethylenediamine sulphate indirect determinations

Ferrous ethylenediamine sulphate has been. used as a reducing agent in acid medium for the indirect volumetric estimations of potassium chlorate, potassium bromate, potassium metaperiodate, potassium, dichromate, potassium ferricyanide, potassium permanganate, potassium persulphate, hydrogen peroxide and ceric sulphate. The excess of ferrous ethylenediamine sulphate added to each of the substances was titrated with standard potassium permanganate and also with. standard potassium dichromate solution. In case of potassium bromate or potassium metaperiodate the end-point was not sharp in potassium dichromate titrations; while accurate volumetric observations were made with standard potassium permanganate solution.     

Studies in oxidation-reduction reactions: Oxidation with chloramine-b indirect determinations

Chloramine-B has been used as an oxidizing agent in hydrochloric acid medium for the indirect volumetric estimations of hydrogen peroxide, lead dioxide, manganese dioxide, selenium dioxide, sodium formate, sodium sulphide, sodium metavanadate, potassium iodate and copper sulphate using iodine monochloride as a catalyst and pre-oxidiser. Chloroform is used as an indicator. It is coloured pink owing to the liberation of iodine during the titration and becomes light pale yellow at the end-point because of the formation of iodine monochloride.     

Potentiometric studies in oxidation-reduction reactions: Reduction with ferrous ethylenediamine sulphate indirect determinations

Ferrous ethylenediamine sulphate has been used as a reducing agent to determine indirectly potassium dichromate, hydrogen peroxide, potassium permanganate, potassium persulphate, potassium chlorate, potassium bromate, and ceric sulphate by a potentiometric method. An excess of ferrous ethylenediamine sulphate added to each of the substances in an acid medium is titrated with a standard solution of potassium permanganate, using platinum foil as an oxidation-reduction electrode coupled with a saturated calomel electrode through an agar-agar potassium chloride bridge.     

Volumetric Studies In Oxidation-Reduction Reactions: Oxidation with ceric sulphate ferrous ethylenediamine sulphate method

Ceric sulphate has been used as an oxidizing agent in acid medium for the indirect volumetric determinations of ferrous ammonium sulphate, cuprous chloride, potassium thiocyanate, sodium thiosulpliate, sodiuin nitrite, hydrogen peroxide, sodium oxalate, hydroquinone and pyruvic acid. The excess of ceric sulphate added to each of the substances in acid medium was titrated with standard ferrous ethylenediamine sulphate solution using ferroin as an indicator.     

Potassium persulphate as volumetric reagent

Summary Potassium persulphate has been used as volumetric reagent for the direct determination of hydrazine sulphate, phenyl hydrazine hydrochloride, semicarbazide hydrochloride, thiosemicarbazide, acetone semicarbazone, benzal semicarbazone, benzalazine, aminoguanidine hydrochloride, 4-phenyl semicarbazide hydrochloride, ethylmethyl ketone semicarbazone and 4-hydroxy-3-methoxy benzal semicarbazone in hydrochlorid acid medium at room temperature, using iodine monochloride as a catalyst and preoxidiser. Chloroform was used as an indicator. It was coloured violet owing to the liberation of iodine during the titration and became very pale yellow at the end-point due to the formation of iodine monochloride. Normality of the solution with respect to hydrochloric acid was kept between 6.0 and 7.5 N in these redox titrations.     

Iodine monochloride as volumetric reagent

Summary Iodine monochloride is used as volumetric reagent for the determination of arsenious oxide, tartar-emetic, hydrazine sulphate, hydroquinone, sodium sulphite, stannous chloride and potassium ferrocyanide at pH 6.5 to 7.5 in sodium acetate buffered solutions. Chloroform is employed as indicator. It becomes faintly violet at the end-point due to the liberation of iodine. In case of hydroquinone the chloroform layer changes its colour from yellow to orange at the end-point.Part I: See Z. analyt. Chem. 162, 357 (1958).     

Sodium meta-vanadate as volumetric reagent : Iodine monochloride method (Indirect determinatios)

Sodium meta-vanadate has been used as an oxidizing agent in hydrochloric acid medium for the indirect volumetric determination of hydrogen peroxide, lead dioxide, manganese dioxide, selenium dioxide, potassium persulphate, copper sulphate, sodium formate and sodium sulphide using iodine monochloride as a catalyst, pre-oxidizer and an indicator. Chloroform is coloured pink owing to the liberation of iodine during the titration and becomes light pale yellow at the end-point owing to the formation of iodine monochloride.     

Volumetric studies in oxidation-reduction reactions: Oxidation with chloramine-t. indirect determinations

Chloramine-T has been used as an oxidizing agent in hydrochloric acid medium for the indirect volumetric determination of hydrogen peroxide, lead dioxide, selenium dioxide, sodium formate, potassium meta-periodate, potassium permanganate and potassium dichromate using iodine monochloride as a catalyst, prcoxidizer and an indicator. Chloroform is coloured pink owing to the liberation of iodine during the titration and becomes very pale yellow at the end-point because of the formation of iodine monochloride.     

Potassium meta-periodate as volumetric reagent : Iodine bromide method

Potassium meta-periodate has been used as an oxidising agent in acid medium for the volumetric estimationss of potassium iodide, arsenious oxide, antimonous oxide, stannous chloride, mercurous chloride, sodium sulphite, sodium thiosulphate, sodium tetrathionate, ferrous sulphate, potassium thiocyanate, hydrazine sulphate, phenylhydrazine hydrochloride and hydroquinone by the iodine bromide method. Carbon tetrachloride is used as an indicator. It is coloured pink during the titration. and becomes colourless at the end-point due to the formation of stable iodine bromide complex IBr2-, which does not dissociate, in the presence of a large excess of bromide ion.     

Vanadametry Estimation of Thiosulphate

1.(a) We have found that sodium thiosulphate is quantitatively oxidized to tetrathionate in five minutes at room temperature (28°) by excess sodium vanadate in a medium containing sulphuric acid at 0.06N to 0.1N concentration and a little copper sulphate as catalyst. (b) Quantitative emulation of sodium thiosulphate to tetrathionate has also been achieved by the action of excess sodium vanadate during five minutes at room temperature in a medium containing 2.0N—8.0N acetic acid and a little copper salt as catalyst. Further oxidation to sulphate does not occur, even if the mixture is heated to boiling. (c) The excess of unreacted vanadate in 1(a) and 1(b) can be titrated with a standard solution of ferrous ammonium sulphate using diphenylbenzidine as indicator, after adding the requisite quantity of syrupy phosphoric acid. 2. On the other hand, sodium thiosulphate is easily and quantitatively oxidized to sulphate at room temperature, when. acted upon by excess sodium vanadate in a medium containing hydrochloric acid at an overall concentration of 5-6N and 1.0 ml of iodine monochloride as catalyst. The time required for reaction is ten minutes. The unreacted vanadate can be estimated by titration with a standard solution of ferrous ammonium sulphate, using N-phenylanthranilic acid as indicator or with diphenylbenzidine as indicator after suitably diluting and adding phosphoric acid.     

Use of brucine as an oxidation-reduction indicator in cerimetry

Summary Brucine has been found to work satisfactorily as an inside indicator in the titration of molybdenum(V) and hydroquinone with ceric sulphate. It does not give a good indication of the end point in the titration of arsenic(III) in sulphuric acid medium, using osmium tetroxide as a catalyst or in hydrochloric acid medium using iodine monochloride as a catalyst. Brucine cannot also be used in the titration or uranium(IV) with ceric sulphate. A 0.1 per cent solution of brucine in 2 N–3 N acetic acid has been found to be stable for nine months without showing any discoloration.