Laboratory Course VII

Minor Experiment

a) Titration of Strong/weak acid against NaOH pHmetrically.

b) Determine the dissociation constant of a weak acid.

c) Determine the solubility and solubility product of a sparingly soluble salt like                BaSO4 , or PbSO4  or AgCl in water conductometrically.

d) i) Determination of cell constant of a given cell.

    ii) Determination of specific and equivalent conductance of the given electrolyte              (NaCl) at different dilutions.

e) Titration of Strong/weak acid against Strong/weak base conductometrically.

Major Experiment

a) First Order Kinetics- To determine the specific reaction rate of the hydrolysis of        methyl acetate/ethyl acetate catalyzed by hydrogen ions at room temperature.

b) Second Order Kinetics- Saponification of ethyl acetate.

c) To study the effect of acid strength on the hydrolysis of an ester.

d) To study kinetically the reaction rate of decomposition of iodide by H₂O₂.

e) Titrate a tribasic acid (H₃PO₄) against a strong base (NaOH).

f) Determine the composition of mixture of HCl and Acetic acid conductometrically       using NaOH.