Titration Lab

- Daniel Andrade and Jerry

Purpose:
- The Purpose of this lab was to find the neutralization point among the
hydronium and hydroxide to create water through the use of an indicator

Materials:
- Burets
- Beakers
- Erlenmeyer flask
- Balance
- Buret clamp and ring stand
- NaOH
- KHP
- Phenolphthalein
- Unknown acid
- goggles

Procedures:
- Prepare 250 mL of .100 M solution of NaOH in a small beaker
- In two Erlenmeyer flask (150mL beakers), measured out .4 to .6g KHP and label.
To each flask (beaker) add about 100 mLof distilled water and two drops of
phenolphthalein. Swirl the sample to entirely dissolve the KHP using care not to
push the KHP crystals up the side of the flask
- Prepare the burette by rinsing the at least four 5 mL portions if the .100 M NaOH.
Discard each portions on a waste beaker. Completely fill the burette with the
solutions, removing air from the tip and making sure the meniscus is at or below
zero
 - Slowly add the NaOH solution to one of your flasks of KHP solution while
swirling gently. As the point of titration appears the pink color roasts longer. At
that point slow your rate of NaOH to drop by drop. Ideally, only one drop
should produce a permanent color change
- Repeat this procedure for the other flask. Calculate the molarity of the NaOH
solution to three significant figures. Youre results should agree within 1%. If not
repeat the procedure

Analysis of an Unknown Acid Solution

- Using the pipette, obtain exactly 25.0 mL of an unknown molarity HCl
solution and place it in an Erlenmeyer Flask. Add two drops of
phenolphthalein. Using your standardized NaOH solution, titrate 5~10
mL past the end point and calculate the molarity of the HCl solution

Data Tables:
-
Amount
titrated(mL)

Trial 1 29.01 mL

Trial 2 33.95 mL

HCl trial 1 44.9 mL

HCl trial 2 45.0 mL

Data Analysis:
- (Photograph)

Conclusion:
- Daniel’s group figured that the more we tried more then we could get more
accurate results and getting the NaOH to the slightest pink color possible.
 - Standardization - is the process by which we find the exact molarity of a solution.
This process would be executed through the use of titration and finding the
amount of amount of solution we have with an NaOH solution for example and
we start out with a set amount of number of moles and youre able to calculate
the molarity using M = n/L
- Titration - a drop-by-drop mixing of an acid and a base in order to determine the
concentration of an unknown solution, via addition of a solution with known
concentration
- End point - a point in a titration that signifies the completion of the titration by a
change in the color or intensity of the solution
- Equivalence Point - point in titration at which the amount of titrant added is just
enough to completely neutralize the analyte solution

Experimental Errors:
- The experimental errors would be the if someone like Daniel wasn’t shaking
enough or not stirring the NaOH enough so the phenolphthalein would stay and
the pink solution would be more prominent or adding too much acid and
causing the concentration of the indicator be too much