Date of Award

1-1952

Degree Type

Bachelors Essay

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science (BS)

Department

Chemistry

First Advisor

John G. Surak

Second Advisor

John R. Koch

Third Advisor

Virgil Roach

Abstract

The Karl Fischer reagent may be used for the direct titration of water in liquids, solids, and gases, of either organic or inorganic compounds. Literature shows that the accurate determination of water is quite practical in nearly all classes of organic compounds. Unlike most of the other techniques, which usually are limited in applicability, the Fischer procedure may be adapted readily to quantitative analysis of samples, whose water content may vary from traces to nearly 100 per cent. The reagent, however, has a shortcoming, namely, it deteriorates rapidly. It has recently been suggested that if a two solution procedure were employed this short-coming could be overcome. An attempt will be made to show that this modified reagent may be used to obtain results of the same degree of accuracy as obtainable with the standard reagent.

Comments

A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of the Liberal Arts College Marquette University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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