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Statistical Analysis of Chemical Samples

The document contains a tutorial exercise with five questions related to analytical chemistry calculations. It includes tasks such as calculating statistical measures for iron concentration, estimating standard deviation for mercury levels in fish, determining confidence limits for mercury measurements, assessing the retention of an anomalous calcite sample value, and calculating the percentage of phosphorus in a phosphate detergent sample. Each question requires specific calculations based on provided data.

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Statistical Analysis of Chemical Samples

The document contains a tutorial exercise with five questions related to analytical chemistry calculations. It includes tasks such as calculating statistical measures for iron concentration, estimating standard deviation for mercury levels in fish, determining confidence limits for mercury measurements, assessing the retention of an anomalous calcite sample value, and calculating the percentage of phosphorus in a phosphate detergent sample. Each question requires specific calculations based on provided data.

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By Peggy Lo

Tutorial exercise 1

Question 1
The Fe concentration in a sample was determined 6 trials by a single method as the following (19.4, 19.5,
19.6, 19.8, 20.1 and 20.3 ppm). Calculate mean, standard deviation, variance, spread, relative standard
deviation, coefficient of variation, absolute error and relative error for the method, based upon these
obtained data (true value is 20.00ppm).

Question 2
The mercury in samples of seven fish taken from Chesapeake Bay was determined by a method based on
the absorption of radiation by gaseous elemental mercury. Calculate a pooled estimate of the standard
deviation for the method, based upon the first three columns of data:

Question 3
The mercury in a fish sample is determined to be 1.80, 1.58 and 1.64 ppm.
Calculate the 80% and 95 % confidence limits for (a) the first entry (1.80 ppmHg) and (b) the mean value
(1.67 ppmHg) assuming s →σ = 0.1.

Question 4
The analysis of a calcite sample yielded CaO percentage of 55.95, 56.00, 56.04, 56.08, and 56.23. The last
value appears anomalous; should it be retained or rejected at 90% confidence level?

Question 5
A 0.3516 g sample of a commercial phosphate detergent was ignited at a red heat to destroy the organic
matter. The residue was then taken up in hot HCl, which converted the P to H3PO4. The phosphate was
precipitated as MgNH4PO4 • 6H2O by addition of Mg2+ followed by aqueous NH3. After being filtered and
washed, the precipitate was converted to Mg2P2O7 (222.57 g/mol) by ignition at 1000 °C. This residue
weighed 0.2161 g. Calculate the percent P (30.974 g/mol) in the sample.

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