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The document outlines a detailed procedure for conducting an acid-base titration using HCl and NaOH, including safety precautions and data collection steps. It also includes instructions for analyzing the data, such as creating a titration curve, writing balanced equations, and calculating concentrations and moles. Additionally, it poses questions for post-lab analysis related to the experiment.

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Strong Titration Curve

The document outlines a detailed procedure for conducting an acid-base titration using HCl and NaOH, including safety precautions and data collection steps. It also includes instructions for analyzing the data, such as creating a titration curve, writing balanced equations, and calculating concentrations and moles. Additionally, it poses questions for post-lab analysis related to the experiment.

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LAB- ACID/BASE TITRATION CURVE

PROCEDURE
1. Obtain and wear goggles.

2. Use a pipet bulb (or pipet pump) to pipet 10 mL of the HCl solution into a 250-mL beaker.
Add 50 mL of distilled water. CAUTION: Handle the hydrochloric acid with care. It can
cause painful burns if it comes in contact with the skin.

3. Place the beaker on a magnetic stirrer and add a stirring bar. If no magnetic stirrer is
available, you need to stir with a stirring rod during the titration.

Figure 2
4. Use a utility clamp to suspend a pH Sensor on a ring stand as shown in Figure 2. Position the
pH Sensor in the HCl solution and adjust its position so that it is not struck by the stirring
bar.

5. Obtain a 50-mL buret and rinse the buret with a few mL of the ~0.1 M NaOH solution. Use a
utility clamp to attach the buret to the ring stand as shown in Figure 2. Fill the buret a little
above the 0.00-mL level of the buret with ~0.1 M NaOH solution. Drain a small amount of
NaOH solution so it fills the buret tip and leaves the NaOH at the 0.00-mL level of the buret.
Record the precise concentration of the NaOH solution in your data table. Dispose of the
waste solution from this step as directed by your teacher. CAUTION: Sodium hydroxide
solution is caustic. Avoid spilling it on your skin or clothing.

6. Prepare the computer for data collection by opening the file in the Experiment 24 folder of
Chemistry with Computers. The vertical axis has pH scaled from 0 to 14 pH units. The
horizontal axis has volume scaled from 0 to 25 mL. Check to see that the Meter window
shows a pH value between 2 and 3.

7. Before adding NaOH titrant, click Collect and monitor pH for 5-10 seconds. Once the
displayed pH reading has stabilized, click Keep . In the edit box, type “0” (for 0 mL added).
Press the ENTER key to store the first data pair for this experiment.

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8. You are now ready to begin the titration. This process goes faster if one person manipulates
and reads the buret while another person operates the computer and enters volumes.
a. Add the next increment of NaOH titrant (enough to raise the pH about 0.15 units). When
the pH stabilizes, again click Keep . In the edit box, type the current buret reading, to the
nearest 0.01 mL. Press ENTER. You have now saved the second data pair for the
experiment.
b. Continue adding NaOH solution in increments that raise the pH by about 0.15 units and
enter the buret reading after each increment.
c. When a pH value of approximately 3.5 is reached, change to a one-drop increment. Enter
a new buret reading after each increment. Note: It is important that all increment volumes
in this part of the titration be equal; that is, one-drop increments.
d. After a pH value of approximately 10 is reached, again add larger increments that raise the
pH by about 0.15 pH units, and enter the buret level after each increment.
e. Continue adding NaOH solution until the pH value remains constant.
9. When you have finished collecting data, click Stop . Dispose of the beaker contents as
directed by your teacher.

10. If time permits, repeat the procedure.

ANALYZING THE DATA


1. Insert a copy of the titration curve below. Label the equivalence point.

Volume of 0.1 M NaOH added to reach the equivalence point: __________ mL

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2. Write a balanced equation for the reaction between the HCl and NaOH.

3. Write the net ionic equation for the reaction above.

4. Calculate the number of moles of NaOH added to reach the equivalence point.

5. Calculate the number of moles of HCl present at the beginning of the experiment.

6. Calculate the initial HCl concentration (Molarity).


(Recall that you pipeted out 10.0 mL of the unknown HCl solution for each titration.)

POST LAB ANALYSIS


1. A student obtained a wet buret but failed to rinse it with a small amount of the base
before starting a titration. Will more or less titrant (base) be required to neutralize the
acid? Explain your answer.

2. Calculate the volume of 0.125 M NaOH needed to neutralize 25.00 mL of 0.100 M HCl.

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3. Calculate the pH at each point for the titration of 25.00 mL of 0.100 M HCl with the
following volumes of 0.125 M NaOH:
a. 0.00 mL

b. 10.00 mL

c. 20.00 mL

d. 30.00 mL

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