Why is it necessary to carry out the reduction of iron and then the titration, before goin on to the next sample?

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Why is it necessary to carry out the reduction of iron and then the titration, before goin on to the next sample? 

 

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  1. Weigh four (4) 0.3 g sample of the dried unknown into four 400 or 600 mL beakers.
  2. Add 50 mL of 6 M HCI to each sample beaker and heat in the fume hood until the solutions boil for 30 seconds or until the sample dissolves
  3. Obtain approximately 20 mL of stannous chloride solution (SnCl2) from the reagent hood
  4. Add SnCl2 to the hot unknown solution drop-wise with a disposable plastic pipet until the solution changes from yellow to light green
  5. Add three drops of SnCl2 solution in excess
  6. Remove the sample from the fume hood and cool the solution to room temperature (a room temperature tap water bath is OK but no ice)
  7. After cooling, rapidly add 10 mL of the saturated HgClh solution (obtained from the reagent hood). Allow the sample solution to stand for 3 minutes – a precipitate should form
  8. To the sample solution add 60 mL of 3 M H2SO4, 15 mL of 85% H3PO4 and 100 mL of D.I. water. Allow the solution cool briefly (two minutes), then add 8 drops of diphenylamine sulfonate indicator.
  9. Titrate immediately with the dichromate solution to violet-blue endpoint. 
  10. Repeat with other samples
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