Cebu City

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY

Repunte Georgette Logroño October 12, 2018

Family Name First Name Middle Initial Date Submitted

BSCHE-1 V2 Gold Engr. Carlo Galicia

Program & Year Section Group Name Instructor

Experiment No. 7

CIGARETTE SMOKING AND AIR POLLUTION

Title of the Experiment

I. Objective/Purpose: Measure the quantity of nitrogen monoxide in cigarette smoke

using titration

II. Apparatus:

3 pcs. Erlenmeyer flask 250 mL 1 pc. Buret stand with buret clamp

1 pc. Alkali buret 1 pc. Graduated cylinder 50 mL

3 pcs. Plastic bottle with screw cap

III. Materials:

1 stick cigarette

0.025 NaOH

C20H14O4

Distilled water
IV. Procedure and Observations:

3 samples of cigarette smoke was collected in 3 different plastic bottles for about 5

minutes. The plastic bottles were closed immediately. 50 mL of distilled water was added to

each sample containing cigarette smoke and was closed immediately. Each samples was

shaken for about 10 minutes. 2 drops of phenolphthalein was added to each sample and the

plastic bottle was closed. The titration setup was prepared and the base buret was rinsed

with portions of 0.025 N sodium hydroxide. The buret was filled with a solution. The air

bubbles and hanging drops were removed. The initial reading of the sodium hydroxide

solution was taken and recorded by reading the lower meniscus. The concentration of NO 2

was calculated in mg/L.

V. Illustration:
 VI. Tables and Calculations:

Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3

Final reading of sodium 49.5 49 48.1
hydroxide
Initial reading of sodium 50 49.5 49
hydroxide
Volume of sodium hydroxide 0.5 0.5 0.9
used

Computation for normality:

(Nacid) (Vacid) = (NNaOH) (VNaOH)

(Nacid) = (NNaOH)

Trial 1:
N (50 mL) = (0.025 M) (0.5 mL)
N (50 mL) = 0.0125 mL
50 mL 50 mL
N = 0.00025 M

Trial 2:
N (50 mL) = (0.025 M) (0.5 mL)
N (50 mL) = 0.0125 mL
50 mL 50 mL
N = 0.00025 M

Trial 3:
N (50 mL) = (0.025 M) (0.9 mL)
N (50 mL) = 0.0225 mL
50 mL 50 mL
N = 0.00045 M

Computations for mg/L or ppm:

mg/L = (M) (molar mass) (1000 mg/g)

N = (M) (total positive charge)
total positive charge total positive charge

M = 0.025 N = 0.025 M
1

mg/L = 0.025 mol/L (46 g/mol) (1000 mg/g) = 1,150 mg/L

VII. Discussion of Results with theory:

A cigarette is a small cylinder of finely cut tobacco leaves rolled in thin paper for

smoking. Experts say that cigarette smoke contains over 4,000 different compounds. A

significant number of these compounds are toxic, can damage our cells, and are

carcinogenic. The most abundant one are tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide. Cigarette

smoking harms nearly every organ of the body, causes many diseases, and reduces the

health of smokers in general.

Phenolphthalein is often used as an indicator in acid-base titrations. It turns colorless

in acidic solutions and pink in basic solutions. From the experiment, phenolphthalein was

added to each sample containing cigarette smoke. When the base buret was filled by a

solution and was dropped to the sample, it turned into pink.

 VIII. Significance of the Experiment

Cigarette smoking emits air pollutants 10 times greater than diesel exhaust and badly

affects human health by inhaling directly or indirectly. It’s claimed frequently that cigarette

smoke contains many harmful substances. It’s also claimed that cigarette smoke is harmful not

only to smokers but to those who are present when they are smoking. This experiment is

designed to measure how much of some of these harmful materials specifically Nitrogen

Monoxide is present both in inhaled smoke and in second hand smoke.

The significance of this experiment is that it has shown or measure the quantity of

nitrogen monoxide in cigarette smoke. It is important to conduct experiment like this in order to

be aware of the harmful substance that is produced by cigarette smoke and what it could

possibly do to harm our environment. As future chemical engineers, we should be aware of the

different compounds that could cause damage to not only our environment but the society as

well.
IX. References:

 Smoking & Tobacco Use. (2017, May 15). Retrieved from

https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/health_effects/effects_cig_smok

ing/index.htm

 Nordqvist, C. (2015, July 13). What Chemicals Are In Cigarette Smoke? Retrieved from

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/215420.php