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    hslove142331 Posts: 71, Reputation: 1
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    Feb 11, 2010, 10:09 PM
    how can i calculate total hardness in ppm CaCO3?
    35.0mL sample of water is titrated with 0.0100M EDTA. Exactly 9.70mL of EDTA are required to reach the EBT endpoint. How can I calculate total hardness in ppm CaCO3?

    Please Please help, any equation?

    Thanks
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    Feb 16, 2010, 09:25 AM

    Well, I looked at the first site I found concerning the formula for calculating water hardness.

    water-hardness

    So, you need to find the concentration of Ca^2+ ions in your 35.0 mL of sample water.

    I'm not familiar with EDTA... depending on the basicity of that acid, you will need to write a balanced equation, and then obtain the mole ratio from that.

    You'll get the number of moles of OH^- in 35.0 mL of sample water. That means the concentration of Ca^2+ is half that value and find the concentration for 1000 mL. Multiply that by 2.5 x 10^-3 to get the concentration in ppm.
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    Feb 21, 2010, 07:47 AM

    EDTA complexbinds calcium and is not used for pH titration but colourimetric titration. Hslove, you need to have a reaction scheme or similar, do you have that?
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    Mar 7, 2010, 11:05 PM
    Titre value = 9.7 ml
    Normality = 0.0100 EDTA solution
    Atomic weight of Ca = 20
    Volume of water taken for analysis = 35 ml i.e 0.035 litre

    ppm of Hardness as Ca2+ = ( 9.7 * 0.0100 * 20 ) / ( 0.035 )
    = 55.43 ppm i.e 55.43 mg / kg of water

    Hope answer is correct.
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    Mar 8, 2010, 06:34 AM

    Hmm... not quite.

    Number of moles of EDTA = (9.7 * 0.01)/1000 = 9.7 x 10^-5 mol
    Therefore, number of moles of Calcium carbonate present = 4.85 x 10^-5 mol

    That amount is present in 35 mL sample. In 1 L, there is 0.00139 mol.
    Hence [CaCO3] = 0.00139 M (this cannot be used since not all CaCO3 are involved in the hardness of water).

    [Ca^2+] = 0.00139 M

    Using the formula given from the site I posted, hardness = 2.5(0.00139) = 0.00346 M

    In grams, this gives 0.00346 * 40.1 = 0.139 g/L = 139 mg/L or 139 ppm

    Looking in the given table in from the site, you'll see this water is rated as a hard water.
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    Oct 7, 2011, 11:02 AM
    informatins are given :
    Titre value = 9.7 ml
    Normality = 0.01 EDTA solution
    Atomic weight of CaCO3 = 100g/mole
    Volume of water taken for analysis = 35 ml = 0.035 litre
    solution:
    1-NO.of moles of EDTA = M*volume=0.01*9.7*10^-3 = 9.7*10^-5 moles
    2- where EDTA reacts with caco3 based on 1mole:1mole , No.moles of caco3=9.7*10^-5 moles
    3-mass of caco3 = 9.7*10^-5 *100 = 9.7*10^-3 g as caco3
    4- the hardness = 9.7/0.035 = 277.1428 ppm

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