Procedure
Transfer to a 400-mL beaker about 200 mg of chelometric standard calcium carbonate, previously dried at 110
for 2 hours, cooled in a desiccator, and accurately weighed. Add 10 mL of water, swirl to form a slurry, and cover the beaker with a watch glass. Without removing the watch glass, add 2 mL of 3 N hydrochloric acid from a pipet, and swirl to dissolve. Wash down the sides of the beaker, the outer surface of the pipet, and the watch glass with water, and dilute with water to about 100 mL. While stirring with a magnetic stirrer, add about 30 mL of the
Assay preparation from a 50-mL buret. Add 10 mL of 1 N sodium hydroxide and 300 mg of hydroxy naphthol blue, and continue the titration with the
Assay preparation to a blue endpoint. Calculate the weight, in g, of C
10H
16N
2O
8 in the portion of Edetic Acid taken by the formula:
(292.24 / 100.09)(0.1W / V),
in which 292.24 and 100.09 are the molecular weights of edetic acid and calcium carbonate, respectively,
W is the weight, in mg, of calcium carbonate, and
V is the volume, in mL, of the
Assay preparation consumed in the titration.