LABORATORY REPORT

ACID TITRATION

Ni Nyoman Sekarini (2018220009)

Mr. Iwan Setiawan

Assistant: Gemintang Bening Segara Asri

November 22nd, 2019

EXERCISE 1

Data Table 1: NaOH Titration Volume

Trial Initial NaOH 1 M Final NaOH 1 M Total Used Volume of NaOH
Volume (mL) Volume (mL) 1 M (mL)
1 9 4 5
2 9 4.5 4.5
3 9 4.2 4.8
Average Total Volume of NaOH 1 M Used (mL) 4.77

Data Table 2: NaOH Titration Volume

Average Volume of Concentration of 𝑪𝑯𝟑 𝑪𝑶𝑶𝑯 in %𝑪𝑯𝟑 𝑪𝑶𝑶𝑯 in
NaOH 1M Used (mL) vinegar (mol/L) Vinegar

4.77 0.954 5.724

Questions

1. The manufacturer of the vinegar used in the experiment stated that the vinegar
contained 5.0 % acetic acid. What is the percent error between your result and the
manufacturer statement? Show your work.
Answer:
5.724 − 5
%𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑟 = × 100%
5
0.724
%𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑟 = × 100%
5
%𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑟 = 14.48 %
2. What challenges would you encounter with the titration if you had used apple cider
vinegar or balsamic vinegar as the analyte instead of white vinegar?
Answer:
White vinegar contains unadulterated vinegar which makes the result more
accurate compared to the apple cider vinegar or balsamic vinegar. They may contain
other chemicals that affect the purity of the vinegar. Consequently, it can result in
inaccuracies. In terms of color, the white vinegar is colorless making it easy to identify
any changes in color when performing titration.

3. How would your results have differed if the tip of the titrator was not filled with NaOH
before the initial volume reading was recorded? Explain your answer.
Answer:

The result will differ if the tip of the titrator was not filled with NaOH before
the initial volume reading was recorded. If the tip was not filled with NaOH before the
beginning of titration, the final mL reading would have been inaccurate because the
first 0.5mL is not NaOH but air bubbles. It is why the NaOH should be added in order
to remove the air bubbles from the titrator

4. How would your results have differed if you had over-titrated (added drops of NaOH
to the analyte beyond the stoichiometric equivalence point)?
Answer:
It will affect the calculation since more NaOH was added to the solution.
Acetic acid percentage composition will more likely become inaccurate and higher as
more volume of NaOH was being added to the solution.

5. If a 7.0 mL sample of vinegar was titrated to the stoichiometric equivalence point with
the 7.5 mL of 1.5M NaOH, what is the mass percent of CH3COOH in the vinegar
sample? Show your work.
Answer:
- V vinegar = 7.0 mL
- V NaOH = 7.5 mL
- 1.5 M NaOH

𝐶𝐻3 𝐶𝑂𝑂𝐻 + 𝑁𝑎𝑂𝐻 → 𝐶𝐻3 𝐶𝑂𝑂𝑁𝑎 + 𝐻2 𝑂

 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑑 = 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒
𝑉𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑑 × 𝑀𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑑 = 𝑉𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒 × 𝑀𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒
7.0 × 𝑀𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑑 = 7.5 × 1.5
7.5 × 1.5
𝑀𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑑 =
7.0
11,25
𝑀𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑑 =
7.0
𝑀𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑑 = 1.6
1.6 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝐶𝐻3 𝐶𝑂𝑂𝐻 1𝑚𝐿 𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑟 60 𝑔 𝐶𝐻3 𝐶𝑂𝑂𝐻
% 𝐶𝐻3 𝐶𝑂𝑂𝐻 = × × × 100%
1000 𝑚𝐿 𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑟 1 𝑔 𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑟 1 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝐶𝐻3 𝐶𝑂𝑂𝐻

%𝐶𝐻3 𝐶𝑂𝑂𝐻 = 9.6%

6. Why is it important to do multiple trials of a titration, instead of only one trial?

Answer:
Performing multiple trials of titration will let us gain more accurate results
because the error is likely to happen when observing the color changes. The chance of
random errors will be reduced by doing multiple trials. Also, it will result in more
accurate and precise calculations.