Understanding About the Homogeneous Precipitation

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Understanding About the Homogeneous Precipitation

Synthesis and thermal analysis of the group 2(IIA) metal oxalate

hydrates

Objective :

1. To run the synthesis of calcium oxalate via the precipitate from

solution containing calcium ion and oxalate ion.

2. To do a thermo gravimetric analysis on calcium oxalate.

3. Understand and practice the method of homogeneous precipitation

through this experiment.

Introduction

Thermo gravimetric analysis (TGA) is one of the common analytical

thermal analysis techniques that widely use to determine the thermal

profile and stability of compound. This is rather important in the

industry. When the thermal profile of certain substance was know, it

can be produce in large quantity by an accurate reaction with the

lowest cost. With the TGA techniques, a sample of material is being

heated, while the sample mass is recorded as a function of

temperature. By doing so, the composition of the material is analyzed,

both qualitatively (which components are present in the material) and

qualitatively (how much of these components is present).

In this experiment, synthesis and thermo gravimetric analysis of

calcium oxalate has been carried out. Synthesis of calcium oxalate was

done by the reaction between calcium ions and oxalate ion:

Ca2+(aq) + C2O42-(aq) arrow CaC2O4(s)

In which prepared via precipitation from solution at about pH 5 called

homogeneous precipitation. Since calcium oxalate is an oxalic acid, it

dissolve in acidic solution, to make the calcium oxalate form

precipitate, the solution was adjust to more basic by addition of

ammonia, but this is not done by adding the ammonia solution directly

into the solution. Conversely, make the ammonia forms slowly within

the solution through the reaction of hydrolysis of urea:

(H2N)2C=O + H2O arrow 2NH3 + CO2

Urea is a suitable compound in this reaction because it can decomposed

easily to form ammonia.During the experiment, the solution was heated

after urea has been added in, this is to increase the degree of

hydrolysis of urea and therefore increase the formation of ammonia.

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