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Students, CHM171L/B12, School of Chemical Engineering, Chemistry and Biotechnology, Mapua Institute of Technology
Professor, CHM171L/B12, School of Chemical Engineering, Chemistry and Biotechnology, Mapua Institute of Technology
ABSTRACT
It is known from understanding the scope of chemistry that conductivity establishes the ability of ions in the
solution to convey current by means of its speed of migration. The unit that is used to define the conductivity of
ions is called Siemens (S). For the conduction of electricity, regardless of what solution to use, it is required for it
to show ions in order to convey the charge from one electrode to another electrode. It follows the direct
proportionality concept that the more number of ions a solution can contain, then there is also increased in the
amount of charge that is conveyed between the electrodes that causes the increase in the solutions conductivity.
This experiment is all about the determination of the conductance of varying solutions together with the
dissociation constants. By using the device called conductivity meter, the conductance of an electrolyte can be
acquired which leads to the interpretation that strong electrolytes contains higher conductance than that of weak
electrolytes due to the total dissociation. In the same way, the concentration of ions in the electrolyte are also
following the concept of direct proportionality to its conductance and relying on the nature of ions that are present.
The Coulombic forces between charges increases when a strong electrolyte is in its elevated concentration which
results to the increase in high conductance. During the dilution, it possesses low conductance due to the reason
of less attractive forces between oppositely charged ions. In the contrary, weak electrolytes are only partially
ionized and shows lower conductance unlike the strong electrolytes. With further ado, the dissociation constant of
a weak electrolyte can be determined with the help of the equilibrium relationship by using the conductivity.
Keywords: molar conductivity, dissociation constant, coulombic forces, electrolytes
INTRODUCTION
R=V/I
G=A/l
The SI unit of potential is volt (v), for current is
ampere (A) and that for resistance is ohm ().
Conductance (G) is the measure of the ability of a
circuit or circuit element to carry current that is
effective in producing power. It is the reciprocal of
the electrical resistance and has a SI unit of
Siemens (S).
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=/c
There are factors to consider in finding the
conductance of the solution. It depends on
temperature, nature of ions, concentration of ions
and the size of the electrode. The electrolytic
conductivity (k) of this experiment is 1.8 x10^-5. The
group gathered a value of 1.79x10^-5 which is
almost the same as the true value. This shows that
the experiment was successful.
It is apparent that our group has achieved these
objectives: (1) to determine the relative mobility of
some monovalent ions by measuring the
conductance of solutions of electrolytes and (2) to
determine the dissociation constant of a weak
electrolyte.
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Anions
H+
Cl-
NH4+
CH3COO-
Na+
OH-
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REFERENCES
[1] Atkins, P. and de Paula, J. (2010). Physical
Chemistry. Chapter 21: Electrochemistry. pp. 789.
Oxford University Press: Great Britain.
[2] Physical Chemistry laboratory Manual Part II,
[3] D. Klein, Organic Chemistry (2008)
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