Group 5

Group members: 3- Ricci

2-19-14


Acid Base Titration

Overview: Vinegar is a solution of acetic acid(solute)in water (solvent). It
contains 3 to 6 percent of acetic acid. The Bureau of Food and Drugs(BFAD)
require that all vinegars contains not less than 4 grams of acetic acid per
100mL vinegar.

Objective:
1. Find the percentage of acetic acid in Vinegar.
2. To apply the lesson in to the experiment.
Ingredient and Material:
Burette
Vinegar
Erlenmeyers Flask 250 mL
NaOH solution
Phenolphthalein indicator

Procedure

1. Refill the base burette with NaOH solution until zero mark
2. Through the pipette, place 10mL of the commercial vinegar into a
clean and dry 250mL Erlenmeyer flask. Add 2 drops of
phenolphthalein indicator.
3. Place the flask under the base burette and slowly add the NaOH
solution to the flask, drop by drop, while constantly swirling the
contents of the flask. You will observe a momentary light pink color
where the base drops into the vinegar sample.
4. Continue adding the NaOH solution and swirling it until it takes
longer for the pink color to disappear. Stop adding the NaOH
solution when the solution in the flask remains light pink even after
15 seconds of swirling. You will reach the endpoint then.
5. Determine and record in your report sheet the volume of NaOH
solution used in each trial. Calculate and record the average
volume of NaOH solution consumed for these trials.
6. Clean the burette and return to the stockroom.
7. Calculate the percentage of acetic acid in the vinegar. Assume that
the density of vinegar is 1.2g/mlL at 25C
Guide questions for analysis
What is an acid- base titration? What is the indication that
neutralization has been completed? What are indicators? Give a general
statement concerning the possible function of indicators.
Observation:
TRIALS Initial vol.
of NaOH
Vol. of
vinegar
used of
NaOH
Final Vol.
of NaOH
Volume of
NaOH
used,mL
Molarity %acetic
acid
10.0
10.0
10.0


Questions:
1. Based from your result, does your vinegar conform to the
government standards?
2. What are the sources of error in this experiment?
3. Would the reported molarity of the vinegar sample be affected by an
error in weighing? How about CH3COOH? Explain.
4. If the solution is not swirled during titration, will the reported molarity
be greater than or less than the true molarity? Explain.
5. What is overshooting? What is its effect of overshooting the
endpoint to the concentration of the solution?
6. A titration required 23.5mL of 0.05M NaOH, which reached to
35.0mL vinegar. Calculate the % acetic acid present in the vinegar?