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8.3: Procedures

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    Experimental Procedures:

    1. Fill 50 mL burette with 0.005 M ferrous iron.
    2. Fill 50 mL burette with 0.005 M unknown ligand.
    3. Label fifteen 50 mL beakers with the mole fractions of iron as in the data sheet.
    4. Transfer to labeled beakers the proper amount of solution.  Each beaker should contain 10 mL of total solution.
    5. Wait at least 20 minutes for the reaction to complete.
    6. Choose wavelength for absorbance measurements.
      1. Zero out the spectrometer with a blank solution of water.
      2. Take a spectra of the darkest solution.
      3. Choose a wavelength where the darkest solution approaches 1.
      4. Write this wavelength down on the data sheet.
    7. Record the absorbance of each solution in data sheet at the wavelength chosen in step 6.
    8. Double check that the reaction is over by checking the solutions that represent stoichiometric proportions of the hypothetical complexes to see if the absorbance has increased. Once all solutions maintain a constant value you can work up the data.
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    Figure \(\PageIndex{7}\): Solutions and their respective absorbances, note these values are ploted against mole fraction of ligand and in this experiment we will plot our against the mole fraction metal.  This reaction also goes to completion (image credit: David Harvey)

     


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