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Purity of potassium hydrogen phthalate, determination with precision coulometric and volumetric titration - A comparison

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The mass fraction of potassium hydrogen phthalate (KHP) from a specific batch was certified as an acidimetric standard. Two different analytical methods on a metrological level were used to carry out certification analysis: precision constant current coulometric and volumetric titration with NaOH. It could be shown that with a commercial automatic titration system in combination with a reliable software for the end-point detection it is possible to produce equivalent results with the same accuracy in comparison to a definite method handled by a fundamental apparatus for traceable precision coulometry. Prerequisite for titrations are that a high number of single measurement are applied which are calibrated with a high precision certified reference material.

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... Initially, coulometry has been implemented by some National Metrology Institutes (NMIs) for the quantification of pure substances, such as potassium hydrogen phthalate (KHP), 10 as well as other acidimetric standards. [11][12][13] Coulometric titration involves the measurement of physical quantities such as time, mass, potential difference, and electrical resistance. As in any experimental technique, a thorough understanding of its physical and chemical principles is necessary to minimize the impact of variables that could affect the quality of results. ...
... As in any experimental technique, a thorough understanding of its physical and chemical principles is necessary to minimize the impact of variables that could affect the quality of results. 11,14 The previously mentioned quantities must be accurately measured, recorded, and analyzed during the coulometric experiment to obtain reliable substance content results. This process is complex because it requires several instruments to obtain the necessary data. ...
... It also uses the TC(NLR) model 15 for the IT, Equation 11: (11) and for the FT, Equation 12: ...
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... The coulometric technique shows some important advantages over the classical titration methods such as high sensitivity, the usage of aa very low amount of reagent required, and/or unstable compounds as titration agents, no primary standard is needed and the main reactant (electrons) can be precisely controlled. Nevertheless, some drawbacks that can be overcome are also present such as a more complex instrumentation, the non-commercial availability of specific experimental devices, specific training for the laboratory specialist, and normally, a higher budget hardware [6][7][8]. ...
... An increase in the stirring frequency and/or the extent of titration increased this absolute excess error. This interference was also observed in manual titrations of acids with phenolphthalein, where the pink color disappeared several seconds after completion of the titration, which has been addressed in [8,40,41]. The elimination and study of this particular interference at the detection levels employed was beyond the scope of this paper. ...
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... The composition of the remaining material (in this case phthalate as its mono potassium salt) is assumed. If the assay is expressed on an amount-of-substance content basis, it is also assumed that a stoichiometric relationship exists between the detected species (replaceable H + for KHP) and the remaining portion of the molecule [132]. ...
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