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Hardness Calculation in Water Samples

This document contains solutions to two chemistry problems involving calculating water hardness from titration data. For the first problem, the total hardness is 1500 ppm, permanent hardness is 500 ppm, and temporary hardness is 1000 ppm. For the second problem, the total hardness is 200 ppm, permanent (non-carbonate) hardness is 100 ppm, and carbonate hardness is 100 ppm. The calculations involve using titration volumes with EDTA to determine concentrations of calcium carbonate in samples.

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Hardness Calculation in Water Samples

This document contains solutions to two chemistry problems involving calculating water hardness from titration data. For the first problem, the total hardness is 1500 ppm, permanent hardness is 500 ppm, and temporary hardness is 1000 ppm. For the second problem, the total hardness is 200 ppm, permanent (non-carbonate) hardness is 100 ppm, and carbonate hardness is 100 ppm. The calculations involve using titration volumes with EDTA to determine concentrations of calcium carbonate in samples.

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PROBLEMS

(1) 0.25g of CaCO3 was dissolved in [Link] and diluted to250ml. 100ml of this solution
required 20ml of EDTA solution for titration. 100ml of a hard water sample required 30ml of
the same EDTA solution for titration .100ml of the same water sample on
boiling,filtering,required10ml of EDTA. Calculate the total ,permanent and temporary
hardness.

Solution:

250ml of CaCO3 solution = 0.25g of CaCO3

= 0.25 ×1000mg of CaCO3

= 250mg of CaCO3

Standardisation of EDTA

1ml of CaCO3 solution = 1mg of CaCO3

100ml of CaCO3 solution = 100mg of CaCO3

20 ml of EDTA solution =100mg of CaCO3

1ml of EDTA solution = (100)/(20) × 1

= 5mg of CaCO3

Total hardness:

30ml of EDTA solution = 30 × 5 = 150mg of CaCO3

This amount of hardness is present in100ml of the water sample. So

Total hardness present in 1 litre = (150)/(100) × 1000

= 1500ppm of CaCO3 equivalent

Permanent hardness:

10ml of EDTA solution = 5 ×10 = 50mg of CaCO3

This is present in 100ml of hard water. So


Permanent hardness present in 1 litre = (50)/(100)x1000

=500ppm of CaCO3 equivalent

Temporary hardness = Total hardness - Permanent hardness

= 1500-500

= 1000ppm of CaCO3 equivalent

2) 100 ml of a sample of water required 20 ml of 0.01 M EDTA for the titration with EBT
indicator. 100 ml of the same sample after boiling and filtering required 10 ml 0.01 M EDTA.
Calculate the total, carbonates and non- carbonate hardness of the sample.

Solution:

Total hardness

1 ml of 0.01 M EDTA = 1 mg of CaCO3 equivalent.

20 ml of 0.01 M EDTA = 20 mg of CaCO3 equivalent.

This amount of hardness is present in 100 ml of the sample water. So

Total hardness present in 1 litre = (20)/(100) x 1000

= 200 ppm of CaCO3 equivalent.

Permanent or non-carbonate hardness

1 ml of 0.01 M EDTA = 1 mg of CaCO3 equivalent.

10 ml of 0.01 M EDTA = 10 mg of CaCO3 equivalent.

This amount of hardness is present in 100 ml of the sample water. So

Permanent hardness present in 1 litre = (10)/(100) x 1000

= 100 ppm of CaCO3 equivalent

Carbonate or temporary hardness

Carbonate hardness = total hardness - non-carbonate hardness


= 200 - 100

= 100 ppm of CaCO3 equivalent.

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