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This document contains 6 questions related to analytical chemistry homework. It involves analyzing blood and serum samples using various methods like atomic absorption spectrophotometry and colorimetric techniques to determine concentrations of substances like chromium and calcium. It also involves standardizing solutions to calculate molarities and using calibration curves to determine the concentration of phosphorous in a urine sample.

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This document contains 6 questions related to analytical chemistry homework. It involves analyzing blood and serum samples using various methods like atomic absorption spectrophotometry and colorimetric techniques to determine concentrations of substances like chromium and calcium. It also involves standardizing solutions to calculate molarities and using calibration curves to determine the concentration of phosphorous in a urine sample.

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MCC 109 Analytical Chemistry Homework 1 Summer 2022-2023

(1) A study is being performed to see if there is a correlation between the concentration of chromium
in the blood and a suspected disease. Blood samples from a series of volunteers with a history of
the disease and other indicators of susceptibility are analyzed and compared with the results from
the analysis of samples from healthy control subjects. From the following results, determine
whether the differences between the two groups can be ascribed to chance or whether they are real.
Control group (ppb Cr): 15, 23, 12, 18, 9, 28, 11, 10. Disease group: 25, 20, 35, 32, 15, 40, 16,
10, 22, 18. (1pt)

(2) The following replicate calcium determinations on a blood sample using atomic absorption
spectrophotometry (AAS) and a new colorimetric method were reported. Is there a significant
difference in the precision of the two methods? (1 pt)

AAS, Colorimetric
mg/dL mg/dL

10.9 9.2

10.1 10.5

10.6 9.7

11.2 11.5

9.7 11.6

10.0 9.3

mean = 10.4 10.1


11.2
mean = 10.4

(3) The following molarities were calculated from replicate standardization of a solution: 0.5026,
0.5029, 0.5023, 0.5031, 0.5025, 0.5032, 0.5027, and 0.5026 M. Assuming no determinate errors,
within what range are you 95% certain that the true mean value of the molarity fails? (1 pt)

(4) A new automated procedure for determining glucose in serum (Method A) is to be compared to
the established method (Method B). Both methods are performed on serum from the same six
patients in order to eliminate patient-to-patient variability. Do the following results confirm a
difference in the two methods at the 95% confidence level? (1pt)

(5) The following replicate molarities were obtained when standardizing a solution: 0.1067, 0.1071,
0.1066, and 0.1050 M. Can one of the results be discarded as due to accidental error? (1 pt)
(6) A calibration curve for the colorimetric determination of phosphorous in urine is prepared by
reacting standard solutions of phosphate with molybdenum(VI) and reducing the
phosphomolybdic acid complex to produce the characteristic blue colour. The measured
absorbance A is plotted against the concentration of phosphorous. From the following data,
determine the linear least-squares line and calculate the phosphorous concentration in the urine
sample: (1 pt)

ppm P A
1.00 0.205
2.00 0.410
3.00 0.615
4.00 0.820
Urine sample 0.625

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