Back-titration Practice Problems

1. A student was asked to determine the concentration of ammonia,a volatile substance,in a

commercially available cloudy ammonia solution used for cleaning.
First the student pipetted 25cm3 of the cloudy ammonia solution into a conical flask.50
cm3 of 0.100 mol dm-3 HCl(aq) was immediately added to the conical flask which reacted
with the ammonia in solution. The unreacted HCl was then titrated with 0.050moldm-3
Na2CO3(aq). 21.50cm3 of Na2CO3(aq) was required. Calculate the concentration of the
ammonia in the cloudy ammonia solution.(0.114)

2. A 1.0000 gram sample of K2CO3 (138.2055 g/mol) is dissolved in enough water to make
250.0 mL of solution. A 25.00 mL aliquot is taken and titrated with 0.1000 M HCl:

K2CO3(aq) + 2HCl(aq) 2KCl(aq) + H2O(l) + CO2(g)

How many mL of HCl are used? (14.47)

3. A 0.6000 g sample of K2CO3 (138.2055 g/mol) is dissolved in enough water to make

200.0 mL of solution A. A 20.00 mL aliquot of solution A is taken and put into an
Erlenmeyer flask. To the flask is added 20.00 mL of 0.1700 M HCl:

K2CO3(aq) + 2HCl(aq) 2KCl(aq) + H2O(l) + CO2(g)

The resulting solution is then titrated with 0.1048 M NaOH.

NaOH(aq) + HCl(aq) H2O(l) + NaCl(aq)

How many mL of NaOH are used? (24.16)

4. A 0.4108 gram sample of CaCO3 (100.087 g/mol) is added to a flask along with
15.00 mL of 2.000 M HCl.

CaCO3(aq) + 2HCl(aq) CaCl2(aq) + H2O(l) + CO2(g)

Enough water is then added to make 250.0 mL of solution A. A 20.00 mL aliquot of

solution A is taken and titrated with 0.1160 M NaOH.

NaOH(aq) + HCl(aq) H2O(l) + NaCl(aq)

How many mL of NaOH are used? (15.03)

 5. A 0.6181 gram sample of M2CO3 was taken and dissolved in enough water to make
100.0 mL of solution A. A 10.00 mL aliquot of solution A was taken and 25.00 mL of
0.1842 M HCl added.

M2CO3(aq) + 2HCl(aq) 2MCl(aq) + H2O(l) + CO2(g)

It took 19.90 mL of 0.1473 M NaOH to titrate the resulting

solution. NaOH(aq) + HCl(aq) H2O(l) + NaCl(aq)

What is the metal, M? (Li)

6. A 0.9030 gram sample of M(OH)2 was mixed with 20.00 mL of 2.000 M HCl and
enough water added to make 100.0 mL of solution A.

M(OH)2(aq) + 2HCl(aq) 2H2O(l) + MCl2(aq)

A 10.00 mL aliquot of solution A was taken and titrated with 17.64 mL of 0.05121 M
NaOH.

NaOH(aq) + HCl(aq) H2O(l) + NaCl(aq)

What is the metal, M? (Mg)

7. A 1.0101 gram sample of Fe(OH)n was missed with 20.00 mL of 2.000 M HCl and
enough water added to make 200.0 mL of solution A.

Fe(OH)n(s) + nHCl(aq) FeCln(aq) + nH2O(l)

A 25.00 mL aliquot of solution A was taken and titrated with 14.56 mL of 0.1000 M
KOH.

KOH(aq) + HCl(aq) H2O(l) + KCl(aq)

What is the value of n? (3)

8. 1.25g of crushed limestone was added to 50.0 cm3 of 1.00 mol dm-3 hydrochloric acid (an
excess).The mixture was left until all bubbling stopped and was then made up carefully to
250cm3 with pure water. A 25 cm3 sample of this was pipette into a conical flask and some
methyl orange indicator was added. Sodium hydroxide solution of concentration 0.100 mol
dm-3 was added from the burette.30 cm3 were added to reach the end point of the indicator.
Calculate the percentage of calcium carbonate in the lime stone.(C=12,O=16,Ca=40)
(80%)