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In the Laboratory
Kinetics-Based Indirect Spectrophotometric Method for Simultaneous Determination of MnO4- and Cr2O72-: A Modern Instrumental Analysis Laboratory Experiment
Siddharth Pandey, Mary E. R. McHale, Ann-Sofi M. Horton, Sandra A. Padilla, Ashantè L. Trufant, Noé U. De La Sancha, Ernesto Vela, and William E. Acree, Jr.
University of North Texas, Department of Chemistry, P.O. Box 5068, Denton, TX 76203-5070

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April 1998
Vol. 75 No. 4
p. 450

Abstract
An indirect kinetics-based spectrophotometric method is developed for the simultaneous quantitative determination of permanganate and dichromate ion concentrations in an unknown. The method is based upon differences in reaction times between pyrogallol red and the two analytes. Oxidation of pyrogallol red (PGR) by permanganate ion is rapid, whereas oxidation of PGR by the dichromate ion is much slower. From changes in the measured absorbances after 3-and 8-minute reaction times, the molar concentrations of the permanganate and dichromate ions are determined.
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Siddharth Pandey, Mary E. R. McHale, Ann-Sofi M. Horton, Sandra A. Padilla, Ashantè L. Trufant, Noé U. De La Sancha, Ernesto Vela, and William E. Acree, Jr. J. Chem. Educ. 1998 75 450.
*  Keywords
Analytical Chemistry, Laboratory Instruction, Instrumental Methods, Spectroscopy
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