OBSERVE BUFFER SOLUTION

TEACHER: Drs. WAHYUDI, M.Eng.

By:

STATE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL 1

KEBUMEN
2010
1

IDENTIFY ACID AND BASE USING BY

SYNTHETIC INDICATOR
A. PURPOSE
To observing the buffer solution and not buffer solution
B. BASIC THEORY
Buffer solution or buffer, or buffer solution is a solution that
can maintain a certain pH value. The most prominent
characteristics of this buffer solution such as buffer pH changed
only slightly on the addition of a strong acid.
In general, a buffer solution is described as a mixture
consisting of:
Weak acid (HA) and conjugate base (ion A -), this mixture
produces acidic solution.
Weak base (B) and conjugate base (BH +), this mixture
produces alkaline solution.
Buffer solution components are divided into:
1. Solution of acidic buffer
The solution is to maintain the pH in the acidic (pH <7). To
obtain this solution can be made from a weak acid and its salts
which is the conjugate base of acid. The other way is to mix a weak
acid with a strong base weak acid which is mixed in the amount of
excess. Will produce the salt mixture containing the conjugate base
of weak acids in question. In general, used a strong base such as
sodium, potassium, barium, calcium, and others.
2. Solution of the base buffer
The solution is to maintain the pH in the alkaline (pH> 7). To
obtain this solution can be made from a weak base and salt, the
salts derived from strong acids. The other way is by mixing a weak
base with a strong acid which is mixed with excess weak base.

C. TOOLS AND MATERIALS

1. Reaction tube (6)
2. Beaker glass (2)
3. Pipette (2)
4. Indicator Universal
5. water
6. HCl 0.1M
7. NaOH 0.1M
8. CH3COOH 0.1M
9. NH4OH 0.1M
10. CH3COONa 0.1M
11. NH4Cl 0.1M
D. STEPS
1. Prepare the tools and materials.
2. Tube 1 and tube 2 are filled water 2 mL.
3. Tube 3 is filled CH3COOH solution 0.1M 1 mL.
4. Tube 4 is filled CH3COONa solution 0.1M 1 mL.
5. Tube 5 is filled NH4OH solution 0.1M 1 mL.
6. Tube 6 is filled NH4Cl solution 0.1M 1 mL.
7. Drop every tube with 2 dropping indicator universal, then shake
it.
8. Tube 1 is dropped by HCl 0.1M until the color change.
9. Tube 2 is dropped by NaOH 0.1M until color change.
10. Tube 3 and 5 are dropped by HCl 0.1M until the color change.
11. Tube 4 and 6 are dropped by NaOH 0.1M until the color
change.
E. RESULT
No
.
1.

Solution
Water

Ions
+

H + OH

Adding
solution

Color
before

Color
after

HCL

Dark
green

Red
Dark
purpl
e

2.

Water

H + OH

NaOH

Dark
green

3.

CH3COOH

CH3COO- +
H+

HCL

Red

Light
red

4.

CH3COONa

CH3COO- +
Na+

NaOH

Dark
green

Dark
purpl
e

5.

NH4OH

NH4+ +
OH-

HCL

Dark
green

Red

6.

NH4Cl

NH4+ + Cl-

NaOH

Brown
tea

green

volume
1
droppin
g
1
droppin
g
200
droppin
g
1
droppin
g
1
droppin
g
1
droppin
g

F. ANALYZE
1 When water added by universal indicator its color is lichen green.
When added by 1 drop HCl solution, its color changes to red.
Solution in tube 1 only needed little acid to change pH.
2 When water added by universal indicator its color is lichen green.
When added by 1 drop NaOH solution, its color changes to old
purple. Solution in tube 2 only needed little base to change pH.
3 When acetic acid added by universal indicator its color is blood
red. When added by more drops HCl solution, its color disposed
no change. Difficulty to change pH of acetic acid.
4 When natrium acetic added by universal indicator its color is
green. When added by 1 drop NaOH solution, its color changes to
old purple. Solution 4 only needed little base to change pH.
5 When ammonium hydroxide added by universal indicator its
color is old green. When added by 1 drop HCl solution, its color
changes to blood red. Solution 5 only needed little acid to
change pH.
6 When ammonium chloride added by universal indicator its color
is yellow brownie. When added by 1 drop NaOH solution, its color
changes to old green. Solution 6 only needed little base to
change pH.

Based on our observations:

1 System that can keep the pH of a solution called a system of
relatively fixed buffer or buffer solution. Meaning general buffer
is held to a condition has not changed dramatically. From these
experiments a mixture that acts as a buffer system is a mixture
of CH3COOH + HCl. Because the solution is not difficult to change
color or change when dropped with HCL solution. In addition,
because the tube contains a weak acid (CH 3COOH) and strong
acid (HCl).

2 From these observations the price of the solution pH is difficult to

change the tube number 3. The solution is a buffer solution.
3 Ions that act as a buffer is in CH3COOH solution. Since the
addition of acid (H+) would shift the equilibrium to the left. Where
H+ ions are added to react with ions CH 3COO- to form molecules
CH3COOH.
CH3COO-(aq) + H+(aq) CH3COOH(aq)
G. CONCLUSSION
So the buffer solution is CH3COOH (tube 3) because the pH
value dont change when it added by little acid.
(Known by the color changes)
H. REFERENCE
Purba, Michael. 2006. Kimia untuk SMA Kelas XI Semester 2. Jakarta:
Erlangga
http://www.google.com/ilmukimia

Kebumen, 15 Februari 2009

Practican,

Haris Widya Nugraha

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