1.Question
An experiment as described below was carried out to determine the total hardness in a sample of hard water:
' 50.0 cm^3 of the sample was allowed to pass through an ion-exchange column, in which the metal ions present in the sample were totally exchanged by hydrogen ions. The eluent collected required 15.0 cm^3 of 0.020M KOH(aq) for complete neutralization. '
Assuming that the metal ions present in the sample are Mg2+ and Ca2+ only, calculate the total hardness, in M, of the sample.
1.Answer
Amount of H+(aq) exchanged = 0.020 x 15 x 10^-3 = 3.0 x 10^-4 mol
Total hardness of the water sample = (0.5 x 3.0 x 10^-4) / (50 x 10^-3) = 3 x 10^-3 M
為什麼Total hardness of the water sample要乘0.5??total hardness不是要包括both Mg2+和Ca2+嗎?
2. Question
Write chemical equation for the following reaction:
the disproportionation of (MnO4)2-(aq) in water to give (MnO4)-(aq) and MnO2(s)
請說明balance方法。