Protocol for Practical Classes


Subject: pH and buffers

Experiment 4 - Titulation


Materials:

2.5 mL de vinegar

Bequer

distilled water

NaOH 0.08M solution

phenolphtalein (pH indicator)

pippete

pasteur pippete


Metods:

Put 2.5 mL of vinegar in a bequer

Boil 30ml of distilled water in a bequer

After boiling, cool it again to standard temperature and add 25ml of it to the bequer containning vinegar.

Add 5 drops of phenolphtalein

Add NaOH (around 15 ml and then drop by drop), mixing it untill the color turns to pink.

Write domn the toal amount of NaOh used (45 drops=3ml)

Using the data collected (the solutiuons amounts used) and the given data bellow, calculate the percentage of acetic acid in the vinegar.


Objectives:

To understand how the phenolphtalein can act as a pH indicator

To caractherize the vinegar as an acetic acid solution.

To understand why there was a a color change.


Report suggestions:

Calculate the percentage of acetic acid in the vinegar knowing that:

MM of the acetic acid : 60,0

acetic acid density : 1,049 g/cm3

Explain why the water was boiled and then cooled again before utilization.


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