This document is a completed laboratory report for CHEM 003B (likely a follow-on course to CHEM 002A) at Hofstra University, submitted by Amelia Barran on November 29, 2018. It details an experiment focused on the synthesis and analysis of potassium ferric oxalate, K3Fe(C2O4)3 · 3H2O.
This report is primarily intended for the course instructor for grading purposes. It serves as a record of the experimental procedure, observations, and results obtained by the student. It’s valuable as a model example of a completed lab assignment for other students in the course.
This report does *not* provide instruction on how to perform the experiment, nor does it offer a comprehensive explanation of the underlying chemical principles. It presents *results* and *procedures followed*, not a tutorial.
The full report includes detailed descriptions of the synthesis of ferrous oxalate, its oxidation to potassium ferric oxalate, and two analytical methods used to characterize the product: titration with potassium permanganate and spectrophotometry. It also contains the balanced chemical equations for each reaction, a description of the experimental setup, and presumably, a discussion of the results and any potential sources of error. This preview only provides the introduction and experimental setup sections.
