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1 M Sodium hydroxide, ethano... - European Pharmacopoeia 10.5

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0.1 M Sodium hydroxide, ethanolic. 3007000.
To 250 mL of anhydrous ethanol R add 3.3 g of strong sodium hydroxide solution R.
Standardisation. Dissolve 0.100 g of benzoic acid RV in 10 mL of water R and 40 mL of ethanol (96 per cent) R.
Titrate with the ethanolic sodium hydroxide solution, determining the end-point potentiometrically (2.2.20) or
using 0.2 mL of thymolphthalein solution R as indicator. Standardise immediately before use.
1 mL of 0.1 M ethanolic sodium hydroxide is equivalent to 12.21 mg of C7H6O2.

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