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  • May 8, 2009, 02:22 PM
    mirna sherry
    Why after titration of I- with S2O3(2-) using starh as an indicator a blue reappears
    When I titrated iodide with S2O3(2-) I used starch as an indicator, at equivalence the color changed to colorless. Then I left the solution aside after a while the blue color reappeared.
  • May 8, 2009, 02:33 PM
    Perito

    Iodide was probably oxidized by the oxygen in air to iodine. The only other explanation is that there is a trace of iodine that was bound in some precipitate or something like that -- when that iodine was released, it reacted with the starch. I'm not sure if I can think of any other explanation.
  • May 8, 2009, 10:41 PM
    Unknown008

    Or perhaps did some Iodine was on the inner wall of your flask, then it slowly came down, adding to the titrate more iodine, thus the blue colour reappeared.

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