Applied problem 3)
10.000 mg of potassium iodate was weighed out using an ultra-high precision electronic balance and placed in a volumetric flask (100 mL). Fill the volumetric flask with water up to the mark (fill it up), dissolve it completely, and mix well. When this solution is weighed out using a whole pipette (10.0 mL), calculate the mass of solute contained in 10 mL of the solution, including the error. The accuracy of the balance and each capacity device is as follows.
Accuracy of ultra-precise electronic balances :±0.0005mg
Accuracy of whole pipette (10mL):±0.02mL
Accuracy of volumetric flask (100mL) :±0.12ml
When potassium iodate (10.0±0.0005mg) is dissolved in water (100±0.12mL) in a volumetric flask, the weight concentration of the solution is (10.000±0.0005mg)/(100±0.12mL) mg/mL.
Weight concentration of potassium iodate solution:0.100±0.00012 mg/mL
Weigh out 10.0±0.02 mL of this solution, and the mass of solute contained is
(0.100±0.00012 mg/mL)×(10.0±0.02 mL)= 1.0000 ±0.0023
mg
In example 1), the balance accuracy was ±0.05 and a result of 1.0000 ±0.0055 mg was obtained.
In example 2), the balance accuracy was ±0.5 and a result of 1.00 ±0.05 mg was obtained.
In example 3), the balance accuracy was ±0.0005 and a result of 1.0000 ±0.0023 mg was obtained.
Compared to the balance in example 1), example 3) used a balance that was 100 times more accurate, but the error was only reduced by half.
A balance that is 100 times more accurate will cost more than 100 times as much.