A 0.3304-g sample of brass (containing lead, zinc, copper, and tin) was dissolved in nitric acid. The
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A 0.3304-g sample of brass (containing lead, zinc, copper, and tin) was dissolved in nitric acid. The sparingly soluble SnO2 . 4H2O was removed by filtration, and the combined filtrate and washings were then diluted to 500.0 mL. A 10.00-mL aliquot was suitably buffered; titration of the lead, zinc, and copper in this aliquot required 34.78 mL of 0.002700 M EDTA. The copper in a 25.00-mL aliquot was masked with thiosulfate; the lead and zinc were then titrated with 25.62 mL of the EDTA solution. Cyanide ion was used to mask the copper and zinc in a 100-mL aliquot; 10.00 mL of the EDTA solution was needed to titrate the lead ion. Determine the composition of the brass sample; evaluate the percentage of tin by difference.
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Fundamentals Of Analytical Chemistry
ISBN: 9780357450390
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Authors: Douglas A. Skoog, Donald M. West, F. James Holler, Stanley R. Crouch