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Carrying out a titration
Titrations are a very accurate way of measuring the concentration of acids and alkalis. In a titration, we measure the volume of an acid (or alkali), measured in a burette, needed to exactly neutralise an alkali (or acid) which has been carefully measured into a conical flask with a pipette. We use an indicator to judge the exact volume required to do this. 1) Place some alkali (or acid) into a conical flask using a pipette. 2) Place the acid (or alkali) into a burette. 3) Add a suitable indicator (e.g. phenol red which works for most titrations) 4) Add the acid (or alkali) from the burette to the conical flask until the colour changes. Do this drop by drop near the end point. 5) Note the final reading. 6) Repeat.
pipette
Titration calculations
a) Use the volume and concentration of one reactant to calculate the moles. b) Use the chemical equation to find the moles of the other reactant. c) Calculate the volume or concentration as required of that reactant.
concentration (mol/dm
3
) = moles volume (dm
3
)
moles conc vol (dm
3
)
e.g. 25.0 cm
3
of sulfuric acid reacts with 30.0 cm
3
of 0.150 mol/dm
3
sodium hydroxide. Find the concentration of the acid in both mol/dm
3
and g/dm
3
. 2 NaOH(aq) + H
2
SO
4
(aq)
Na
2
SO
4
(aq) + 2 H
2
O(l)
moles NaOH = conc x vol (dm
3
) = 0.150 x
.
= 0.00450 mol moles H
2
SO
4
=
x moles of NaOH =
x 0.00450 = 0.00225 mol conc H
2
SO
4
=
(
)
=
.
.
= 0.0900 mol/dm
3
conc H
2
SO
4
= 98 x 0.0900 = 8.82 g/dm
3
1
25.0 cm
3
of 0.200 mol/dm
3
barium hydroxide solution reacted with 22.8 cm
3
of hydrochloric acid. Calculate the concentration of the hydrochloric acid in mol/dm
3
. Give your answer to 3 significant figures. Ba(OH)
2
(aq) + 2 HC
l
(aq)
BaC
l
2
(aq) + 2 H
2
O(l)
moles Ba(OH)
2
= conc x vol (dm
3
) = 0.200 x
.
= 0.00500 mol moles HC
l
= 2 x moles of Ba(OH)
2
= 2 x 0.00500 = 0.0100 mol conc HC
l
=
(
)
=
.
.
= 0.439 mol/dm
3
TITRATIONS 1
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2
22.5 cm
3
of sodium hydroxide solution reacted with 25.0 cm
3
of 0.100 mol/dm
3
hydrochloric acid. NaOH(aq) + HC
l
(aq)
NaC
l
(aq) + H
2
O(l) a) Calculate the concentration of the sodium hydroxide solution in mol/dm
3
. Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
moles HC
l
= conc x vol (dm
3
) = 0.100 x
.
= 0.00250 mol moles NaOH = moles of HC
l
= 0.00250 mol conc NaOH =
(
)
=
.
.
= 0.111 mol/dm
3
b) Calculate the concentration of the sodium hydroxide solution in g/dm
3
. Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
conc NaOH = 40 x 0.111 = 4.44 g/dm
3
3
What volume of 0.150 mol/dm
3
rubidium hydroxide reacts with 25.0 cm
3
of 0.240 mol/dm
3
nitric acid? Give your answer to 3 significant figures. RbOH(aq) + HNO
3
(aq)
RbNO
3
(aq) + H
2
O(l)
moles HNO
3
= conc x vol (dm
3
) = 0.240 x
.
= 0.00600 mol moles RbOH = moles HNO
3
= 0.00600 mol volume RbOH =
=
..
= 0.0400 dm
3
4
25.0 cm
3
of 0.200 mol/dm
3
sodium hydroxide solution reacted with 28.7 cm
3
sulfuric acid. Calculate the concentration of the sulfuric acid in mol/dm
3
. Give your answer to 3 significant figures. 2 NaOH(aq) + H
2
SO
4
(aq)
Na
2
SO
4
(aq) + 2 H
2
O(l)
moles NaOH = conc x vol (dm
3
) = 0.200 x
.
= 0.00500 mol moles H
2
SO
4
=
x moles of NaOH =
x 0.00500 = 0.00250 mol conc H
2
SO
4
=
(
)
=
.
.
= 0.0871 mol/dm
3
5
25.0 cm
3
of 0.150 mol/dm
3
sodium hydroxide reacted with 30.3 cm
3
of a solution of ethanoic acid. CH
3
COOH(aq) + NaOH(aq)
CH
3
COONa (aq) + H
2
O(l) a) Calculate the concentration of the ethanoic acid in mol/dm
3
. Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
moles NaOH = conc x vol (dm
3
) = 0.150 x
.
= 0.00375 mol moles CH
3
COOH = moles NaOH = 0.00375 mol conc CH
3
COOH =
(
)
=
.
.
= 0.124 mol/dm
3
b) Calculate the concentration of the ethanoic acid in g/dm
3
. Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
conc CH
3
COOH = 60 x 0.124 = 7.43 g/dm
3
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