CHEMISTRY IA- UNIT 1

EXPERIMENT 2- USING TITRATION METHOD DETERMINE THE % BY MASS OF Na 2CO3

IN AN IMPURE SOLUTION
Titration is used to find the volume of an unknown solution that is required to
neutralize a solution of known concentration. The titre value can be used to
calculate the concentration of the unknown solution.
In this experiment B1 is a solution containing a mixture of sodium carbonate and
sodium chloride. The concentration of sodium carbonate in the mixture is found by
titrating the impure mixture with standardized hydrochloric acid using methyl
orange indicator. The percentage by mass of sodium carbonate in the mixture can
then be calculated. The equation for the neutralization reaction is given below:
Na2CO3 (aq) + 2HCl

aq)

2 NaCl

(aq)

+ CO2 (g) + H2O(l)

The colour change in the indicator from yellow to orange red signals the end point
of the reaction.
Apparatus and materials
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A1- 0.1 moldm-3- HCl

B1- solution containing 50 gdm-3 of Na2CO3/NaCl mixture
Methyl orange indicator
250 cm3 graduated flask
25 cm3 pipette
Two 50 cm3 burette
Three 250cm3 conical flasks
Funnel

Procedure
1. Using a burette, place 30cm3 of B1 in 250 cm3 graduated flask. Make up the
contents of the flask to the mark with distilled water and label this solution
B2.
2. Place A1 in a second burette
3. Pipette 25.0 cm3 of B2 into a conical flask and titrate wit A1 using methyl
orange indicator until the solution changes from yellow to orange/red
4. Repeat titration as many times as necessary to obtain accurate results.
Table 1: volume of B1
Final burette reading/cm3
Initial burette reading/cm3
Volume of B1/cm3
Table 2: titration of B2 with A1

CHEMISTRY IA- UNIT 1

EXPERIMENT 2- USING TITRATION METHOD DETERMINE THE % BY MASS OF Na 2CO3
IN AN IMPURE SOLUTION
Rough

Accurate
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Final burette reading/

cm3
Initial burette reading/
cm3
Volume of A1 used/
cm3
25.0 cm3 of B2 required .cm3 of A1 for neutralization.
Data analysis
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Find the number of moles of HCl in the titre value

Find the number of moles of Na2CO3 in 25 cm3 of B2
Find the number of moles of Na2CO3 in the 250 cm3 of B2
Calculate the concentration in moldm-3 of B1
Calculate the concentration in gdm-3 of B1
Calculate the percentage by mass of Na2CO3 in B1