4.35 g of pyrolusite (MnO2 mineral) is digested with conc. HCl and KI added. Mixture required 5 mL of 1 M Na2S2O3 solution for complete reaction of KI3 formed. What is the % of pure MnO2 in pyrolusite? (Mn=55)
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Solution
Let the percentage of pure MnO2 in pyrolusite be X. The chemicalreactions are as given below. 2KI+4HCl+MnO2→2KCl+MnCl2+2H2O+I2 KI+I2⇌KI3 2Na2S2O3+I2→Na2S4O6+2NaI Thus, it can be seen that 1 mole of MnO2 reacts with 2 moles of Na2S2O3 the number of moles of Na2S2O3 present is 1mol/L×0.005L=0.005moles
hence, the number of moles of MnO2 present is 0.005moles2=0.0025moles
This corresponds to 0.0025moles×87g/mol=0.2175g
Hence, the percentage purity of MnO2 is 0.21754.35×100=5%