Oxalic acid is a diprotic acid. calculate the percent of oxalic acid (h2c2o4) in a solid given that a 0.7984-g sample of that solid required 37.98 ml of 0.2283 m naoh for neutralization.

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Meredith Pierce

23 November, 05:04

Oxalic acid is a diprotic acid. calculate the percent of oxalic acid (h2c2o4) in a solid given that a 0.7984-g sample of that solid required 37.98 ml of 0.2283 m naoh for neutralization.

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Fisher Ward · Answer 1

This method of quantitative determination of percent purity is titrimetric reactions. These reactions most commonly involve neutralization reactions between an acid and a base. Then, we look at the neutralization reaction:

H₂C₂O₄ + 2 NaOH ⇒ Na₂C₂O₄ + 2 H₂O

So, we do the stoichiometric calculations. The important data we should know is the molar mass of oxalic acid which is equal to 90 g/mol.

(0.2283 mol/L NaOH * 0.3798 L * 1 mol H₂C₂O₄ / 2mol NaOH * 90 g/mol H₂C₂O₄) : 0.7984 g * 100%

= 488%

This is impossible. The purity can't be more than 100%. Looking at our calculations and the balance reaction, all steps were done correctly. So, I think there is some typographical error in the given. The mass of the sample should be 7.984 g. Then, the answer would be 48.87% purity.