Midterm 3 Flashcards
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Potentiometry def
Use of electrodes to measure voltages that provide chemical information
Following a potentiometric titration
A pair of electrodes, a saturated calomel electrode and a Pt indicator electrode, is inserted into the reaction mixture.
experimental setup for potentiometry
Calomel reference electrode and the Pt wire are submerged in the Fe 2+ solution. A buret containing Ce4+ is suspended on top of the beaker. There is a circuit between the anode and the cathode that measure potential for the reduction of Ce4+ or Fe3+ at the Pt electrode (cathode).
Conditions before the equivalence point for Fe 2+ titrated with Ce4+
Ce4+ + Fe2+ –> Ce3+ + Fe3+
However much Ce4+ is added = How much Fe3+ is formed
Use reduction of Fe:
Fe3+ + e- –> Fe2+ at the cathode
Calculations of cell voltage at the equivalence point
[Ce3+]=[Fe3+] and
[Ce4+]=[Fe2+]
Uses both half-reactions at the cathode. Want average potentials for half-reactions at Pt electrode.
Calculation of cell voltage after the equivalence point
All Iron are in Fe3+, the product form.
Moles of Ce3+=Moles Fe3+. We know the excess Ce4+
[Ce3+] and [Ce4+] are known.
Use the reduction reaction of Ce4+ at the cathode
Ion selective electrodes
- Different from metal electrodes
-Do not depend on redox processes - Key feature: thin membrane, allowing the passage of only one ion
Mechanism of the electrode prior to migration
A Ca2+ binding ligand that is soluble in the membrane is inserted. One side of the membrane is high concentration and the other is low.
Mechanism of electrode after migration
See Ca2+ that migrated from high to low concentration. The amount that migrated is subtracted from the high side, and added to the low side. Concentration of Cl- stays the same because it cant migrate. A voltage develops across the membrane and the voltage is proportional to the ratio of Ca2+ on each side of the membrane
What can prevent further migration of Ca2+?
-Excess charges prevent further migration of Ca2+
- Electric potential difference developed across membrane prevent further migration of Ca2+.
What is the steady state situation?
It is where the decrease in free energy change due to activity difference is balanced by increase in free energy due to charge imbalance (repulsion of like charges)
Steady state situation equation
-RTln(A1/A2) = -nFE
F- faraday constant
n- charge of the ion
E- electric potential difference across the membrane.
A2 is high concentration, (activty) and A1 is low.
Activity, Ac
Ac=[c]Yc
Yc- activity coefficient of C (measures deviation of behavior from ideality) If it were ideal behavior, it would be 1, but its usually less than
Why use activity instead of concentration?
To account for effect of ionic strength (u or I)
What is ionic strength, u?
A measure of total concentration of ions in solution
u= (1/2) the sum of the concentration of each species multiplied by its charge squared.
Effect of ionic strength on solubility of salts
- Add KNO3 to solution: solubility of Hg(IO3)2 (s) increases to 1.0 x10^-6
KNO3 is inert and has no interaction with Hg2(IO3)2
-Solubility increases due to increase in ionic strength of solution
How does adding KNO3 to a solution of Hg2(IO3)2 make it more soluble in water?
The NO3- surrounds the Hg and makes it less positive
The K+ surrounds the IO3- and makes it less positively charges, and decreases their attraction allowing them to dissolve in water.
Dybye length
The higher the ionic strength- the shorter the debye length.
Debye length equation
Dont need to know the equation but parameters:
E0: permittivity of free space (F/m or C^2/Jm)
Er: Relative permittivity (dielectric constant) of water
kB: Boltzann constant (J/K)
T: Absolute temperature (K)
NA: Avogadros number (mol^-1)
e: Elementary charge (C)
I: Ionic strength (mol/L)
How does ionic strength relate to dissociation?
Increasing ionic strength promotes dissociation of compounds into ions
Extended Debye-Huckel equation for aqueous solutions at 25 degree
Detailed treatment of ionic sphere model.
This equation can only be used when the ionic strength is less than 0.1M
Equation has the variables:
Y: activity coefficient
Z: charge on ion
a: effective hydrated radium of ion and tightly bound water molecules.
Effective hydrated radius (a)
- Small, highly charged ions (bond solvent molecules tightly) have large a
_ larger, less highly charged ions have a smaller a.
F- has a larger hydrated radius than I-.
The glass electrode
The most widely used ion selective electrode.
Order of the glass electrode line diagram
Outer reference electrode, salt bridge, H+ outside glass electrode, glass membrane that selectively binds H+, H+ inside glass electrode, inner reference electrode.