Chemlab: Chemistry 3/5


Acids, Bases, and Buffers 1: Monoprotic and Polyprotic Acids

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In Your Write-up

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Using a Buret
Tech 1
To titrate your solutions, you will need to prepare a buret. Details can be found on the buret page in the Techniques section of the website.

Titration
Titration 13
You will titrate samples of acetic and phosphoric acid with NaOH. The purpose of these titrations is to map out the titration curve accurately, not to determine the position of the endpoint of a reaction, as in previous titration experiments. Because of this, the titration is performed somewhat differently. For instructions, see the Titration page in the Techniques section of the ChemLab website.

Using a pH meter
Tech 2
Make sure your pH meter is properly standardized before you begin your titration. Check the standardization between titrations.

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