How Much Iron Is There In Dried Thyme

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Introduction: Thyme contains a surprising amount of iron compounds. This experiment enables us to determine the amount of iron(II) present in dried thyme by means of a redox reaction. Method: 1. Weigh accurately about 1g of dried thyme and put into a 250cm3 beaker. Record the mass of thyme used. 2. Using a measuring cylinder, add 50cm3 of 1.0mol dm-3 sulphuric(VI) acid and boil gently for 5 minutes. 3. Allow the mixture to cool for a few minutes then filter it, using either gravity or vacuum filtration. (We shall be using vacuum filtration.) Wash the residue in the funnel once with a little water and collect all the filtrate. 4. Pour all the filtrate and washings into a 250cm3 volumetric flask. Make up to 250cm3 with 1.0mol dm-3 sulphuric acid(VI) acid. Stopper the flask and invert several times to thoroughly mix the solution. 5. Fill the burette with 0.005mol dm-3 potassium manganate(VII) solution. 6. Pour some of the thyme extract solution into a 250cm3 plastic beaker. 7. Using a measuring cylinder, add 50cm3 of 1.0mol dm-3 sulphuric(VI) acid to the thyme extract in the conical flask. 8. Titrate the solution in the conical flask with the potassium manganate(VII) solution until a pale pink colour persists for 10 seconds. 9. Repeat the titration until there are two titres within 0.1cm3 of each other. Record results in a suitable table. Results: Rough Titre: 7.653 First Run: 6.553 Second Run: 6.453 Third Run: 6.553 Calculations: During the titration, iron(II) ions are oxidised to iron(III) ions and manganate(VII) ions are reduced to manganese(II) ions. The equation is as follows: 5Fe2+(aq) + MnO4-(aq) + 8H+(aq) ? 5Fe3+(aq) + Mn2+(aq) + 4H2O(l) The above equation shows that one mole of manganate(VII) ions reacts with 5 moles of iron(II) ions in acid solution. Using our average

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