Titration exercise

1. A student used the method described but made two mistakes.

(a) In Step 6(in our titration file), he poured the rinsings down the sink instead of
transferring them to the fl ask.
(b) In Step 7, he added water above the graduation mark.
Explain how each mistake affected the calculated concentration.

2. A student used the method to make 500 cm3 of a solution of sodium carbonate (M =
106.0 g mol–1).
These are her weighings:
mass of weighing bottle + sodium carbonate = 23.382 g
mass of weighing bottle = 18.218 g
Calculate the concentration of the solution made.

3. A student does a titration using this reaction:

2KOH + H2SO4 → K2SO4 + 2H2O
She records these results:
volume of KOH solution = 25.0cm3
volume of H2SO4 = 19.83cm3
concentration of H2SO4 = 0.0618moldm−3
What is the concentration of the KOH solution, in moldm−3?

4. An experimental method requires a 25.0cm 3 pipette to be used to measure a volume

of liquid in different experiments. A student uses a 25cm 3 measuring cylinder instead
in each case. Explain whether the student has made a mistake or has introduced a
random error or a systematic error.

5.Consider these titres recorded in cm3.

The teacher’s mean titre was 26.50cm3, which can be assumed to be correct.
Explain whether the students’ titres indicate accuracy, precision, both or neither.

6. A student carries out a titration and obtains a titre of 23.40 cm3.

She repeats the titration the next day using different apparatus
and obtains a titre of 24.50 cm3.
(a) Identify a potential source of random error that may have
affected her results.
(b) Identify a potential source of systematic error that may have
affected her results.