Year 12 Chemistry Redox Titration Questions Unit 4
Name: Class: Year 12 .
1. A Vitamin C tablet with a mass of 1.306 g was crushed and dissolved in deionised water. The
solution was titrated against 0.0500 M iodine solution using starch solution as an indicator to
determine the vitamin C (C6H8O6) content of the tablet. The reaction can be represented by the
equation:
The end point occurred when 28.40 mL of iodine solution had been added.
a) Find the mass of vitamin C in the tablet.
b) Calculate the percentage of vitamin C in the tablet by mass.
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Year 12 Chemistry Redox Titration Questions Unit 4
2. Megavit multivitamin tablets contain iron (II) sulfate. The iron content of a sample of Megavit
tablets was analysed. Ten tablets were crushed and ground into a paste with a little dilute sulfuric
acid. All of the paste was carefully transferred into a 250.0 mL volumetric flask and the solution
was made up to the mark with more dilute sulfuric acid. 20.00 mL aliquots of the solution were
titrated with 0.0200 M potassium permanganate solution and a mean titre of 12.95 mL was
obtained.
a) Write the half-equation for the oxidation of Fe2+ to Fe3+.
b) Write the half-equation for the reduction of purple MnO4 ̶ to colourless Mn2+ in acidic
solution.
c) Write a balanced ionic equation to represent the overall equation.
d) Calculate the amount, in mol, of Fe2+ present in each aliquot.
e) Calculate the amount, in mol, of Fe2+ in the 250.0 mL flask.
f) Calculate the mass of the iron (II) sulfate present in each tablet.
g) The label says that each tablet contains 250 mg FeSO4. How do these results compare with
the manufacturer’s specification? List two possible sources of error that could account for
any discrepancy.
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Year 12 Chemistry Redox Titration Questions Unit 4
3. A 10.00 mL sample of white wine was placed in a volumetric flask and deionised water was added
to make 100.0 mL of solution. Then 20.00 mL aliquots of the diluted wine were titrated with
0.103 M acidified potassium dichromate solution. The average titre required to reach the end point
was 24.61 mL. The equation for the reaction is:
a) Calculate the molar concentration of the ethanol in the white wine.
b) What would be the effect on the calculated concentration of ethanol if the burette was
accidently rinsed with deionised water rather than the potassium dichromate solution? Justify
your answer.
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