3. A certain Chemical Industry company has a quality control job opening. The job is open for any major with basic knowledge of chemistry. You decided to apply. In the interview the HR personnel gives you a sealed folder from a certain lot to test your laboratory experience, as well as your quantitative and volumetric analysis skills. The chemical contained in the sample is benzoic acid (C-H602) and it is known to be a monoprotic acid. In order to get the job, you need to determine if the sample's purity is acceptable based on their standards. Inside the folder you found a vial with a solid sample labeled BA-I, a periodic table, and the following data: 1.250 g of the sample required 20.15 mL of 0.500 M concentration of NaOH to reach the end point. The lot can be denied if the purity is below 99.5 % purity. 1) What is the purity in the sample?
2) Is it the purity acceptable?
3) Would you repeat the titration experiment?

1) 97.6%

2) No the purity is not acceptable because the standard is 99.5% purity.

3) Yes I will repeat the titration experiment to confirm my result.

Explanation:

Equation of the reaction;

C7H6O2(aq) + NaOH(aq) > C7H5ONa(aq) + H2O(aq)

From the information provided;

Number of moles of NaOH reacted = concentration × volume = 20.15/1000 × 0.500 = 0.01 moles

From the reaction equation;

1 mole of C7H6O2 reacts with 1 mole of NaOH

Hence 0.01 moles of C7H6O2 will react with 0.01 moles of NaOH

Mass of C7H6O2 reacted = number of moles of C7H6O2 × molar mass of C7H6O2

Molar mass of C7H6O2 = 122.12 g/mol

Mass of C7H6O2 reacted = 0.01 moles × 122.12 g/mol = 1.22 g

Percentage by mass of pure C7H6O2 in the impure sample = 1.22/1.250 × 100 = 97.6 %

a mercury barometer is a device that uses the physical properties of mercury in a tube to measure barometric pressure. mercury barometers are used for : -

1. measurement of atmospheric pressure  

2. determining the altitude of a place

3. weather forecasting

4. calibration and checking of aneroid barometers

5. application in fluid mechanics

6. measurement of pressure in aircrafts

7. surface weather analysis

8. preparation of barographs

9. usage in physical sciences like physics, astronomy & chemistry

10. preparation of aircraft altimeters

characteristics of mercury barometer : -

1.used to define and measure atmospheric pressure.

2.on the average at sea level the column of mercury rises to a height of about 760 mm.

3.this quantity is equal to 1 atmosphere.

4.it is also known as standard atmospheric pressure.

5.a barometer in which the weight of a column of mercury in a glass tube with a sealed top is balanced against that of the atmosphere pressing on an exposed cistern of mercury at the base of the mercury column, the height of the column varying with atmospheric pressure.