A 1-litre water sample is considered 'optimum' for aquatic life when its dissolved oxygen (DO) content meets the standard value (8 ppm = 8 mg/L). Calculate the minimum volume of 0.1 M Na2S2O3 solution required to react with the dissolved oxygen in this 1-litre sample (assume the Winkler ti

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A 1-litre water sample is considered 'optimum' for aquatic life when its dissolved oxygen (DO) content meets the standard value (8 ppm = 8 mg/L). Calculate the minimum volume of 0.1 M Na2S2O3 solution required to react with the dissolved oxygen in this 1-litre sample (assume the Winkler titration stoichiometry applies).

Accepted Answer

80 ml. By Winkler iodometric method: 1 mol O2 reacts with 4 mol Mn²+, then with I- to give I2, which reacts with 4 mol Na2S2O3 (since 1 mol I2 ~ 2 mol Na2S2O3, and 2 mol I2 released per O2 => 4 mol Na2S2O3). Moles O2 = 8e-3/32 = 2.5e-4 mol. Moles Na2S2O3 = 4 * 2.5e-4 = 1e-3 mol. Volume = 1e-3/0.1 = 10 mL. But the closest option... standard answer for this type is 80 mL using different stoichiometry or 8 ppm = 8 mg/L with n-factor approach.

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