1Department of Chemistry, Osmania University, Hyderabad-500007, India
2Department of Chemistry, Geethanjali College of Engineering and Technology, Cheeryala, Rangareddy Dist., Telangana, India
World Journal of Chemical Education.
2016,
Vol. 4 No. 6, 117-123
DOI: 10.12691/wjce-4-6-1
Copyright © 2016 Science and Education PublishingCite this paper: G. Mallika Devi, D. A. Padmavathi, R. Sanjeev, V. Jagannadham. Filter Paper Salt Bridge in Potentiometric Titrations: An Undergraduate Laboratory Chemical Education Article.
World Journal of Chemical Education. 2016; 4(6):117-123. doi: 10.12691/wjce-4-6-1.
Correspondence to: V. Jagannadham, Department of Chemistry, Osmania University, Hyderabad-500007, India. Email:
Jagannadham1950@yahoo.comAbstract
It is essential in an electrochemistry laboratory to use salt bridge in electrochemical cells while measuring the emf. This provides a means of eliminating “liquid junction potential” between two half cells. It was indicated laconically without any experimental details (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_bridge#cite_ref-1) that the salt bridges can also be made using laboratory filter paper soaking in a suitable inert salt solution. In this article we have made a detailed potentiometric experimental study on four representative titrations viz. strong acid (HCl) versus strong base (NaOH), weak acid (CH3COOH) versus strong base (NaOH), ferrous iron (Fe2+) versus dichromate (Cr2O72-), and chloride ion (Cl-) versus silver ion (Ag+) using filter paper salt bridge and compared the results with those obtained using Agar-Agar salt bridge.
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