Acid Base Titration
Acid Base Titration
Acid Base Titration
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OBJECTIVES:
APPARATUS:
i. Burette/pipette
ii. Conical flask 500cm3
iii. Filter paper
REAGENTS:
METHODOLOGY:
1. With the tap opened, a few cubic centimetres of 1.0 mol dm-3 of hydrochloric
acid is pour into the burette using a small funnel. Put a beaker under the open tap.
Once the tip of the burette is full of solution, the tap is close and more solution is
added up to the zero mark. The acid in the beaker is rinsed down the sink.
2. Using a pipette with a pipette filler, 50cm3 of (X) mol dm-3 sodium hydroxide
solution into the conical flask. 10 drops of universal indicator is added into the
flask.
3. The flask is swirl gently to mix the solution with the indicator.
4. The flask is place on a piece of clean white filter paper under the burette tap.
5. The hydrochloric acid is then added to the sodium hydroxide solution drop by
drop in small volume. The flask is swirl constantly with each drop of the
hydrochloric solution so the solution mix up thoroughly.
6. When the sodium hydroxide is neutralized, the color of the solution will change
from blue to orange. Stop the titration as soon as the color of the solution begins
to change. The reading of the burette is recorded. The coloured solution is rinsed
down the sink.
7. The experiment is repeated for about two times until a reproducible measurement
is obtained.
RESULT
Referring to the conducted experiment, we took photo of the outcome after finishing the
tasks.
Figure 1: Titration of (x) mol dm-3 sodium hydroxide using hydrochloric acid 1.0 mol
dm-3
DISCUSSION
• This titration went past the equivalence point. The color should have been more
greenish-yellow.
• Actually, if we get a solution as yellow as the one shown, the titration of the
solution must be redo to till the solution is in greenish yellow color.
• In this experiment, we used 1.0M of HCl which is at a very high concentration.
So, basically in each drop of hydrochloric acid we add into the solution, it is more
than enough to change the color past the equivalence point.
• Hence, we cannot achieve the required color which is the point where the sodium
solution is completely neutralized by using HCl in that level of concentration.
CONCLUSION
a. What was the reliable value for the volume of hydrochloric acid solution needed?
Let us call this value Vcm3
Answer: Base on titration of 50cm3 of X mol dm3 NaOH with 1.0M HCl
1st titration, V=4.4cm3
2nd titration, V=4.3cm3
b. Calculate the number of moles of hydrochloric acid in this volume using the
formula: V/1000 x C, where C is the concentration of the hydrochloric acid in mol
dm-3.
Answer:
1st titration:
Number of moles of HCl = (4.3cm3÷1000cm3) x 1.0M
= 0.0043 mol
2nd titration:
Number of moles of HCl = (4.4cm3÷1000cm3) x 1.0M
= 0.0044 mol
Average: (0.0043+0.0044) ÷ 2 = 0.00435mol
c. How many moles of sodium hydroxide were therefore present in the original
10cm3 placed in the beaker?
Answer:
Number of moles NaOH = 0.00435 mol – they react in a one to one ratio
d. Now calculate how many moles of sodium hydroxide would have been present in
1000cm3. This is the concentration of the sodium hydroxide solution in mol dm-
3.