Titration of a Strong Acid and Strong Base

By: Deborah Katz

Objective: The purpose of this lab is the explore the neutralization of a strong acid with a strong base. Materials: The materials used include the digital simulation found at (http://chemcollective.org/activities/vlab?file=assignments/Default.xml&lang=). The digital materials include the following: 1 M HCl 1 M NaOH 250 Erlenmeyer flask 50 mL buret Procedure: Data: Volume Added versus pH change volume of base added pH volume of base added 1 0.09 10.7 2 0.18 10.8 3 0.27 10.9 4 0.37 11 5 0.48 12 6 0.6 13 7 0.75 14 8 0.95 15 9 1.28 16 10 1.33 17 10.1 1.38 18 10.2 1.44 19 10.3 1.51 20 10.4 1.59 10.5 1.69 10.6 1.82 10.7 2 10.8 2.3 10.9 6.99 10 11.69 10.1 11.99 10.2 12.71 10.3 12.29 10.4 12.38 10.5 12.46 10.6 12.52

pH 12.58 12.63 12.67 12.95 13.11 13.21 13.29 13.36 13.41 13.45 13.48 13.52 13.54

Titration of a Strong Acid and Strong Base

16 14 12 10 pH 8 6 4 2 0 0 5 10 Volume Added 15 20 25

Conclusion: The results indicated that the equivalence point occurred when 10 mL of NaOH was added to the solution. This result is as expected because a 1 M strong acid will have a concentration of H+ ions equal to the concentration of OH- ions in a strong base. Post Lab Questions: 1) Show the calculations needed to find the theoretical equivalence point. Use the volume used in your experiment. ( )

2) 15 mL of a monoprotic strong acid requires 60 mL of 1 MNaOH, a strong base, to neutralize it. What is the initial concentration of the acid? ( )

3) Would the concentration be the same if the strong acid above was H2SO4? Justify. No. The concentration would be half of the one calculated in question 2 because sulfuric acid is diprotic and therefore dissociates into twice the amount of H+ ions as a monoprotic acid. 4) Write the neutralization equation for the simulated titration. Show the complete equation and then remove the spectator ions.

H++ Cl- +Na+ + OH- H2O + Cl- +Na H++ OH- H2O