Iodine solution, standardization

Hydrazine hydrate may be titrated with standard acid using methyl orange as indicator or, alternatively, against standard iodine solution with starch as indicator. In the latter case about 0-1 g., accurately weighed, of the hydrazine hydrate solution is diluted with about 100 ml. of water, 2-3 drops of starch indicator added, and immediately before titration 6 g. of sodium bicarbonate are introduced. Rapid titration with iodine gives a satisfactory end point. 

To determine the exact peroxide content of benzoyl peroxide (and of other organic peroxides) the following procedure may be employed. Place about 0 05 g. of the sample of peroxide in a glass-stoppered conical flask add 5-10 ml. of acetic anhydride (A.R. or other pure grade) and 1 g. of powdered sodium iodide. Swirl the mixture to dissolve the sodium iodide and allow the solution to stand for 5-20 minutes. Add 50-75 ml. of water, shake the mixture vigorously for about 30 seconds, and titrate the liberated iodine with standard sodium thiosulphate solution using starch as indicator. 

To determine the exact perbenzoic acid content of the solution, proceed as follows. Dissolve 1 -5 g. of sodium iodide in 50 ml. of water in a 250 ml. reagent bottle and add about 5 ml. of glacial acetic acid and 5 ml. of chloroform. Introduce a known weight or volume of the chloroform solution of perbenzoic acid and shake vigorously. Titrate the liberated iodine with standard O lA sodium thiosulphate solution in the usual manner. 

The m.p. is not always a safe criterion of purity. Benzoyl peroxide may be analysed as follows -. Dissolve about 0-6 g., accurately weighed, of benzoyl peroxide in Is ml. of chloroform in a 350 ml. conical flask. Cool to — 5°, and add 25 ml. of 0- IN sodium methoxide solution at once with cooling and shaking. After 5 minutes at — 5°, add 100 ml. of iced water, 5 ml. of 10 per cent, sulphuric acid, and 2 g. of potassium iodide in 20 ml. of 10 per cent, sulphuric acid in the order mentioned with vigorous stirring. Titrate the liberated iodine with standard 0-lN sodium thiosulphate solution. 

To determine the per-acid content, add 30 ml. of 20 per cent, po assium iodide solution to 2-0 ml. of the solution and, after 10 minutes, titrate the liberated iodine with standard 0-05N sodium thiosulphate solution (compare Perbemoic Acid, Section IV,198, Note 1). 

Chlorine and bromine add vigorously, giving, with proper control, high yields of 1,2-dihaloethyl ethers (224). In the presence of an alcohol, halogens add as hypohaUtes, which give 2-haloacetals (225,226). With methanol and iodine this is used as a method of quantitative analysis, titrating unconsumed iodine with standard thiosulfate solution (227). 

The pH must be kept at 7.0—7.2 for this method to be quantitative and to give a stable end poiut. This condition is easily met by addition of soHd sodium bicarbonate to neutralize the HI formed. With starch as iudicator and an appropriate standardized iodine solution, this method is appHcable to both concentrated and dilute (to ca 50 ppm) hydraziue solutious. The iodiue solutiou is best standardized usiug mouohydraziuium sulfate or sodium thiosulfate. Using an iodide-selective electrode, low levels down to the ppb range are detectable (see Electro analytical techniques) (141,142). Potassium iodate (143,144), bromate (145), and permanganate (146) have also been employed as oxidants. 

The excess Na2S202 is back-titrated with standard iodine solution. The permanganate method is based on the oxidation of Se(IV) to Se(VI). 

The Reich test is used to estimate sulfur dioxide content of a gas by measuring the volume of gas required to decolorize a standard iodine solution (274). Equipment has been developed commercially for continuous monitoring of stack gas by measuring the near-ultraviolet absorption bands of sulfur dioxide (275—277). The deterrnination of sulfur dioxide in food is conducted by distilling the sulfur dioxide from the acidulated sample into a solution of hydrogen peroxide, foUowed by acidimetric titration of the sulfuric acid thus produced (278). Analytical methods for sulfur dioxide have been reviewed (279). 

Sodium thiosulfate is determined by titration with standard iodine solution (37). Sulfate and sulfite are determined together by comparison of the turbidity produced when barium chloride is added after the iodine oxidation with the turbidity produced by a known quantity of sulfate iu the same volume of solution. The absence of sulfide is iadicated when the addition of alkaline lead acetate produces no color within one minute. 

Ana.lysls. The available chlorine (av CI2) in hypochlorite solutions or soHds is deterrnined by reaction with aqueous KI, followed by acidification with either acetic or sulfutic acid and titration of the Hberated iodine with standard thiosulfate. The av CI2 in a hypochlorite is a measure of the oxidi2ing capacity expressed in terms of elemental chlorine one hypochlorite ion is equivalent to one CI2 molecule. Thus pure Ca(OCl)2 has an av CI2 of 2 x mol wt... 

Assay of hydrogen cyanide can be done by specific gravity or silver nitrate titration. Sulfur dioxide in hydrogen cyanide can be deterrnined by infrared analysis or by reaction of excess standard iodine solution and titration, using standard sodium thiosulfate or by measurement of total acidity by... 

For the estimation of benzaldehyde, Eipper proposed a volumetric modification of the bisulphite process, the aldehyde being shaken with a measured volume of a standard solution of bisulphite, and the excess of bisulphite titrated back with iodine solution at a low tempe/atnrer Dodge found this give fairly accurate results, and recommends the iollowing method of carrying out the determination. About 0 15 gram... 

For the preparation of standard iodine solutions, resublimed iodine and iodate-free potassium iodide should be employed. The solution may be standardised against pure arsenic(III) oxide or with a sodium thiosulphate solution which has been recently standardised against potassium iodate. 

B) With standard sodium thiosulphate solution. Sodium thiosulphate solution, which has been recently standardised, preferably against pure potassium iodate, is employed. Transfer 25 mL of the iodine solution to a 250 mL conical flask, dilute to 100 mL and add the standard thiosulphate solution from a burette until the solution has a pale yellow colour. Add 2 mL of starch solution, and continue the addition of the thiosulphate solution slowly until the solution is just colourless. 

C) With a standard solution of iodine. If a standard solution of iodine is available (see Section 10.112), this may be used to standardise the thiosulphate solution. Measure a 25.0 mL portion of the standard iodine solution into a 250 mL conical flask, add about 150 mL distilled water and titrate with the thiosulphate solution, adding 2 mL of starch solution when the liquid is pale yellow in colour. 

Procedure. Weigh out accurately about 3.0 g of the salt, dissolve it in water, and make up to 250 mL in a graduated flask. Shake well. Pipette 50.0 mL of this solution into a 250 mL conical flask, add 1 g potassium iodide (or 10 mL of a 10 per cent solution) (Note 1), and titrate the liberated iodine with standard... 

In the second method, the hypochlorite solution or suspension is titrated against standard sodium arsenite solution this is best done by adding an excess of the arsenite solution and then back-titrating with standard iodine solution. 

Procedure (iodometric method). Weigh out accurately about 5.0 g of the bleaching powder into a clean glass mortar. Add a little water, and rub the mixture to a smooth paste. Add a little more water, triturate with the pestle, allow the mixture to settle, and pour off the milky liquid into a 500 mL graduated flask. Grind the residue with a little more water, and repeat the operation until the whole of the sample has been transferred to the flask either in solution or in a state of very fine suspension, and the mortar washed quite clean. The flask is then filled to the mark with distilled water, well shaken, and 50.0 mL of the turbid liquid immediately withdrawn with a pipette. This is transferred to a 250 mL conical flask, 25 mL of water added, followed by 2 g of iodate-free potassium iodide (or 20 mL of a 10 per cent solution) and 10 mL of glacial acetic acid. Titrate the liberated iodine with standard 0.1M sodium thiosulphate. 

A similar procedure may also be used for the determination of antimony(V), whilst antimony (III) may be determined like arsenic(III) by direct titration with standard iodine solution (Section 10.113), but in the antimony titration it is necessary to include some tartaric acid in the solution this acts as complexing agent and prevents precipitation of antimony as hydroxide or as basic salt in alkaline solution. On the whole, however, the most satisfactory method for determining antimony is by titration with potassium bromate (Section 10.133). 

In determinations of sulphurous acid and sulphites, excess of standard 0.05M iodine is diluted with several volumes of water, acidified with hydrochloric or sulphuric acid, and a known volume of the sulphite or sulphurous acid solution is added slowly and with constant stirring from a burette, with the jet close to the surface of the liquid. The excess of iodine is then titrated with standard 0.1M sodium thiosulphate. Solid soluble sulphites are finely powdered and added directly to the iodine solution. Insoluble sulphites (e.g. calcium sulphite) react very slowly, and must be in a very fine state of division. 

Procedure. Pipette 25.0 mL standard (0.05M) iodine solution into a 500 mL conical flask and add 5 mL 2M hydrochloric acid and 150 mL distilled water. Weigh accurately sufficient solid sulphite to react with about 20 mL 0.05M iodine solution and add this to the contents of the flask swirl the liquid until all the solid has dissolved and then titrate the excess iodine with standard (0.1M) sodium thiosulphate using starch indicator. If the sulphite is in solution, then a volume of this equivalent to about 20 mL of 0.05M iodine should be pipetted into the contents of the flask in place of the weighed amount of solid. 

In this reaction 1 mole of bromate yields six atoms of bromine. Bromine is very volatile, and hence such operations should be conducted at as low a temperature as possible and in conical flasks fitted with ground-glass stoppers. The excess of bromine may be determined iodometrically by the addition of excess of potassium iodide and titration of the liberated iodine with standard thiosulphate solution ... 

The concentration of the potassium bromate can be checked by the following method pipette 25 mL of the solution into a 250 mL conical flask, add 2.5 g of potassium iodide and 5 mL of 3M sulphuric acid. Titrate the liberated iodine with standard 0.1M sodium thiosulphate (Section 10.114) until the solution is faintly yellow- Add 5 mL of starch indicator solution and continue the titration until the blue colour disappears. 

Standard 0.005M iodine solution in 0.004 M potassium iodide. 

Procedure. Place 25.0 mL of the thiosulphate solution in the titration cell. Set the applied voltage to zero with respect to the S.C.E. after connecting the rotating platinum micro-electrode to the polarising unit. Adjust the range of the micro-ammeter. Titrate with the standard 0.005 M iodine solution in the usual manner. 

Reagents required. Prepare a ca 0.001 M sodium thiosulphate solution and also a standard 0.005 M iodine solution. 

A fresh sample of this 40% peracetic acid contains about 1.54 equivalents, or 0.77 mole, of peroxide per 100 ml. of solution, corresponding to 1.34 equivalents per 100 g. The concentration can be determined by treating the peroxide solution with potassium iodide and titrating the liberated iodine with standard sodium thiosulfate. The concentration of peroxide in peracetic acid decreases somewhat on long standing and should be checked before the peracetic acid is used. The yield of diacetate is lowered if the concentration of the peroxide is less than 1.0 equivalent per 100 g. of peracetic acid. The total amount of peroxide used should be 2.4 moles, or 4.8 equivalents, for each mole of iodo-benzene. 

Iodine was determined by an iodometric titration adapted from White and Secor.(3) Instead of the normal Carius combustion, iodide was separated from the samples either by slurrying in 6M NaOH, or by stirring the sample with liquid sodium-potassium (NaK) alloy, followed by dissolving excess NaK in ethanol. Precipitated plutonium hydroxides were filtered. Iodine was determined in the filtrate by bromine oxidation to iodate in an acetate buffer solution, destruction of the excess bromine with formic acid, acidifying with SO, addition of excess KI solution, and titrating the liberated iodine with standard sodium thiosulfate. The precision of the iodine determination is estimated to be about 5% of the measured value, principally due to incomplete extraction of iodine from the sample. 

Iodometric analysis has been applied to the determination of griseofulvin in stages of the manufacturing process (37). The mycelium is extracted with chloroform and the analysis carried out in alcoholic solution. The 0.01N iodine solution is standardized with griseofulvic acid. 

Soliman and Belal investigated argentimetric (67,68) and mercurimetric (69) methods. Hydralazine precipitates silver from ammoniacal silver nitrate solution. The silver is dissolved with hot nitric acid and titrated with ammonium thiocyanate solution. Alternatively, mercury is precipitated from alkaline potassium mercuric iodide solution. The precipitated mercury is dissolved by adding excess standard iodine solution. The excess iodine is back-titrated with sodium thiosulfate solution after acidifying with acetic acid. 

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