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By:Chalani Wijesurendra
Bsc. Msc. (UoC)

Practical – Acid-Base Titration (acid with known concentration and alkali with
unknown concentration)
A group of students named Jinuka, Mayon, Denuwan, Nuhansa, Yunal, Dilitha, Pabalu and
Akein is given a sample of a sodium hydroxide solution named T and asked to determine the
concentration of it.
They were provided with a 5.00 moldm-3 Phosphoric acid, called solution R, which they dilute to
make solution S.
The solution S is made by making the original 25cm3 of R up to 250cm3 with distilled water.
Then, The students titrate solution T with solution S.
25.0 cm3 of T is transferred into a conical flask. A few drops of “We-made” Turmeric indicator
are added to the conical flask.
Turmeric indicator is orange in alkaline solution and yellow in acid solution.
S is put into a burette and added to the solution in the conical flask until an end-point is reached.
(a) What is the colour in the conical flask

° before S is added,
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° at the end-point?
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(b) Calculate the number of moles of R in 25cm3 of the original sample.

_____________mol [1]

(c) Calculate the concentration of phosphoric acid in solution after dilution S.

____________moldm-3 [1]
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(d)
The students do five titrations.
(Use your real results to fill in the table below)

1 2 3 4 5
Titration number

Final burette
reading/cm3
Initial burette
reading/ cm3
Volume of S
added/ cm3
Best titration
results

Summary
Tick the best three titration results.
Using these results, the average volume of S used in

____________cm3 [1]

(e) Calculate the number of moles of S that reacted with 25cm3 of T.

________mol [1]
(f) Write the balanced equation for the reaction between phosphoric acid and sodium
hydroxide. [1]
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By:Chalani Wijesurendra
Bsc. Msc. (UoC)

(g)
Using the answer to (d) and the equation, deduce the number of moles of sodium
hydroxide in 25cm3 of T solution.

_________mol [1]

(h) Using your answer to (e), calculate the concentration of the sodium hydroxide solution,
T.

_________moldm-3 [1]

(i) Students made sure the measuring cylinder was washed and the contents were added
to the volumetric flask before diluting the acid. Give the reason for this action.

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(j) One student suggested to wash the conical flask with the sodium hydroxide solution
before transferring the measured volume to it.
What is your point of view on this suggestion?
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