Laboratory Course III (Inorganic Chemistry Practical)

Quantitative analysis

i.    Separation and determination of two metals Ni-Zn, Cu-Fe and Cu-Ag involving volumetric and gravimetric methods.

ii.   Separation and determination of three component mixture (one volumetrically and two gravimetrically, any two)

                                           a.      Pb⁺², Zn⁺², Cu⁺²   

                                          b.      Zn⁺², Cu⁺² Fe⁺²

                                           c.      Cu⁺² Fe⁺², Ni⁺²

                                          d.      Cu⁺², Ni⁺² Mg⁺²

Chromatographic separation

Paper chromatography

Separation, identification and determination of R_f value of the following (Any two)

i.                    Cu and Cd

ii.                  Ni and Mn

iii.                Ni and Co

Thin layer chromatography

i.                    Separation and determination of R_f value of mixture containing metal ions-nickel, manganese, cobalt and zinc.

Column chromatography (Practice Exercise)

i.                    Separation of metal ions by column chromatographic techniques followed by their quantitative determinations.

Flame Photometric Determinations (Demonstrations)

Combined Applications:

Estimation of three component mixture using different techniques

Synthesis

Preparation of selected inorganic complexes and their study by IR spectra (any four)

i.                    Metal complexes of dimethyl sulphoxide, CuCl₂.2DMSO

ii.                  Metal oxalate hydrate complexes, Nickel dioxalate

iii.                Phosphine, Ph₃P and its transition metal complexes

iv.                Bis acetalacetonate cobalt (II)

v.                  Trisacetylacetonato iron (III)

vi.                Cis and trans bis glycinato copper (II) monohydrate [VO(acac)₂]