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Experiment 2

This document calculates the concentration of acetic acid in the inorganic and organic layers of a sample using a 1:1 reaction between acetic acid and sodium hydroxide. It then calculates the distribution coefficient of acetic acid between the two layers and plots the results on a log-log graph to determine the value of n, which indicates the reaction order. The value of n was found to be 1.3166 instead of the expected 1, suggesting a need for further hypothesis to explain the results.

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Experiment 2

This document calculates the concentration of acetic acid in the inorganic and organic layers of a sample using a 1:1 reaction between acetic acid and sodium hydroxide. It then calculates the distribution coefficient of acetic acid between the two layers and plots the results on a log-log graph to determine the value of n, which indicates the reaction order. The value of n was found to be 1.3166 instead of the expected 1, suggesting a need for further hypothesis to explain the results.

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6. Calculate the concentration of acid in the two layers in moles per liter.

The acetic acid and sodium hydroxide are monoprotic acid and monoprotic base respectively,
this would give a 1: 1 reaction and we assumed 𝑁𝑁𝑎𝑂𝐻 = 𝑀𝑁𝑎𝑂𝐻 equivalence.

𝑀𝐻𝐴𝑐𝑉𝐻𝐴𝑐 = 𝑀𝑁𝑎𝑂𝐻𝑉𝑁𝑎𝑂𝐻

𝑀𝑁𝑎𝑂𝐻×𝑉𝑁𝑎𝑂𝐻 𝑀 𝑁𝑎𝑂𝐻×𝐿 𝑁𝑎𝑂𝐻


𝑀𝐻𝐴𝑐 = 𝑉𝐻𝐴𝑐
= 𝐿 𝐻𝐴𝑐

The table below shows the average molarity of the acetic acid
Inorganic Layer, Organic Layer,
moles/L moles/L
2.0 N HAc 2.6775 0.12875
1.0 N HAc 0.59 0.07
0.5 N HAc 0.5725 0.0175
0.25 N HAc 0.2825 0.005

7. Calculate the distribution coefficient


β
𝐶𝑖
𝐾𝐶 = 𝑛
⎡⎢𝐶α⎤⎥
⎣ 𝑖⎦

[𝐻𝐴𝑐 𝑖𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑐]𝑎𝑣𝑒
𝐾𝐶 = [𝐻𝐴𝐶 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑐]𝑎𝑣𝑒

The table below shows the distribution coefficient of each sample and the average.

[HAc], N 2.0 1.0 0.5 0.25


𝐾𝐶 0.048086 0.118644 0.030568 0.017699
Average 0.053749192

β α
8. Prepare a plot of log 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝐶𝐴 versus log 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝐶𝐴 and then calculate n of Eq. 23. If the value of n
is not equal to unity, suggest a hypothesis to explain the results.
β α
In the log 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝐶𝐴 vs log 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝐶𝐴 plot, the β phase represents the organic layer and the α represents
β α
the inorganic layer. The graph below shows the scatter plot log 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝐶𝐴 vs log 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝐶𝐴 .
It was computed that the equation is 𝑦 = 1. 3166𝑥 − 1. 3307, which came from the derivation:
β
𝐶𝑖
𝐾𝐶 = 𝑛
⎡⎢𝐶α⎤⎥
⎣ 𝑖⎦

β α
log 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝐾𝐶 = log 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝐶𝑖 − 𝑛 log 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝐶𝑖

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