Aysia Marinelli Mr. Mattocks Chemistry per. 3 16 Feb.

2011 Acid-Base Titration The purpose of this lab was to equalize an acid base titration to create a neutralization reaction, and identify the molarity using a relationship. We learned not only how to conduct the experiment and find equality using the phenolphthalein indicator but also how to quantitatively determine gravimetric analysis; method of an analyte base of the mass of a solid. For our experiment we used HCl as our standard solution and we used NaOH as our base solution. After two trials, we then conducted a second experiment using vinegar as our acid solution and calculated its molarity. In preparation for this experiment we first rinsed and washed our beakers, dropper pipet, Erlenmeyer flask, burets, and a graduated cylinder to limit our inaccuracy if there were to be acidic or basic resin. We then poured 10ml of HCl into a 125-ml Erlenmeyer flask along with 10-ml of distilled water. We then put three drops of our indicator and our flask turned bright pink. Mistakenly, we had put or NaOH in the acid buret. Instead of starting over, we decided to continue with our experiment figuring our molarity ratio would still come out the same. So we titrated backwards until our solution was a light pink. We then saw that we had a 2:1 ratio of acid and base and that this coincided with our second trial where we begun with HCl (acid). We then calculated that NaOH had a molarity of .20. In part B of the experiment we instead used a watered down vinegar solution in replacement of HCl. We then titrated NaOH and found that it took almost four times the amount of NaOH to neutralize the solution. We came up with a molarity of .82 of vinegar, which was approximately .01 less than the actual molarity. Due to our error in the beginning of the lab we had a rough start to our results but we were able to recover from them to find reliable, accurate data. When calculating the ratios I divided our first set of results in Trial 1, by 2 so that it was in the same range as my second set of data (see math on back page). Also in part B we calculated .82 as the molarity when the actually molarity of vinegar was .83. This occurred due to our lack of time efficiency, I am confident that if we were to have done a second trial of part B or averages would have left us to a .83 molarity. In conclusion I feel that my lab partner Bridgette Blakesley and I conducted an accurate experiment that I enjoyed. I did have some prior knowledge and experience to this concept and experiment but using a green to blue indicator instead. Overall, I enjoyed my lab and I believe my lab partner and I overcame our beginning challenges very nicely.