Oxidations with alkaline permanganate using monovalent thallium for the back titration: Estimation of hydrazine

Oxidation of liydrazine in alkaline solutions with KmnO₄, gives inaccurate results both in the presence of absence of telluric acid. The titration curve is characterized by two inflections.Titration of KmnO₄ with hydrazine gives good results in the presence of Ba⁺² ions and 0.75–1NNaOH (when MnO₄^- gives MnO₂^-) or in the presence of 0.5–2.5N NaOH only (when MnO₄ gives MnO₂).Hydrazine could be estimated by oxidation with KMn0₄ either in the presence of Ba⁺² ions or telluric acid, after which the excess permanganate is back titrated with monovalent thallium. The alkalinity is Kept at 1N NaOH.