Sodium Hypo
Sodium Hypo
Sodium Hypo
Dissolve 2to 3gr. of Potassium Iodide Crystals in 50 ml of water in a 250 ml conical flask. Add
10 ml of Acetic Acid, then pipette out the aliquot of sample into the solution, keeping the tip of
the pipette beneath the surface of the solution until drained.Titrate at once with 0.1 N standard
sodium thiosulphate solution until the iodine colour is nearly gone, then add 1 ml of starch
indicator solution and complete the titration to the disappearance of the blue colour.
Pipette out an aliquot of the sample (same amount as used for available chlorine determination)
into a 250 ml stoppered conical flask add. 20 ml of 10% potassium bromide solution followed
by 80 ml of concentrated Hydrochloric Acid. Stopper the conical flask and shake well. Allow to
stand for 10 minutes. Add 20 ml of 10% Potassium Iodide solution and titrate the liberated
iodine against 0.1 n Sodium Thiosulphate solution using a few drops of starch indicator
solution.
Run a blank with all the reagents except the sample by producing in the same manner as that of
the test.
Weigh 50 grams of the sample and evaporate it almost to dryness. Dilute it to 30 ml, add about
30 mg of ammonium persulphate and 15 ml of butanolic potassium thiocyanate solution. Make
up to 50 ml, shake vigorously for about 30 seconds and allow the layers to separate.. Carry out a
control test in another Nessler cylinder using standard Iron solution. Compare the intensity of
the colour produced in the butanol layers in the two cylinders.