Title: Titration of sodium hydroxide with hydrochloric acid – Experiment

General: Name: Mir Hashemi, Alexavier Harman, Tayyab Hussain

Date: 9/02/17 Room: L22

Purpose:

The aim of this experiment is to neutralise hydrochloric acid with sodium hydroxide to produce the
soluble salt which is then concentrated and then crystallized in a crystallizing dish. Than by
measuring the mass of the salt workout the molarity of HCL.

Introduction: This was an acid – base titration experiment which is used to determine the
concentration or molarity (M) of HCl solution.

Acid + Alkali Salt + Water

HCL(aq) + NaOH(aq) NaCl(s) + H2O(l)

When NaOH is neutralized with HCl to form a salt called Sodium Chloride (NaOH). Aim was to work
out the molarity of HCL because molarity was not given but molarity of NaCl was given. One of the
group member (A), (A) titrated HCl with NaOH till it neutralized. (A) knew when to stop as the NaOH
was mixed with indicator methyl orange, so when HCl neutralises NaOH the colour of the solution
which is colourless changes to red.
Chemical
indicators
are
useful
in
chemistry
primarily
to
identify
when
a
reaction
has
underg
one a chemical change
or
reached
completion. (Wolfbeis, 1994)


Methods:

Material used:

 25 cm3 measuring cylinder

 Conical flask
 Methyl orange indicator
 Sodium hydroxide
 Hydrochloric acid
 Funnel
 Burette
 Beaker
 Gauze
 Tripod
 Bunsen burner
 Evaporating dish
 Weight scale

Procedure:

Filled the burette with HCl and added 25 cm3 of NaOH to the conical flash with few drops of methyl
orange indicator which was placed under the burette, than titrated and repeated. Worked out the
average HCl used, than in a beaker added the calculated average volume of HCl with NaOH and
added that in an evaporating dish. Placed the dish onto a gauze on top of the Bunsen burner, let the
solution half its volume and then wait till only solid crystal remained on the dish. Used the scale to
get the mass of salt plus dish than cleaned out the dish a re-weighted the dish and then found the
change in mass which was used to work out the molarity of HCl.

Sets HCl cm3 needed for 25cm3 of NaOH

Trial 27.0
1 26.8
2 26.8
3 26.9
Average 26.8

Mass of dish + salt 55.49g

Mass of dish 54.22g
Mass of (dish + salt) - dish 1.27g
Questions:

1. It is a neutralisation reaction between acid-base titration.

2. HCL(aq) + NaOH(aq) NaCl(s) + H2O(l)
3. NaCl and HCl has 1:1 ratio so finding mols of NaCl = HCl 1.27/35.5 + 23 = 0.0217 mol 0.0217
*1000/26.8 = 0.8097 = 0.810 M
4. H
5. Indicators are substances (usually weak acid or bases) which change colour when there is a
change in pH. As HCl is added to NaCl it forms salts of NaCl as all of the NaOH is neutralised
excess HCl reacts with methyl orange to form red colour. That’s how you find out the
required HCl to neutralise a known volume of NaOH.

References
Wolfbeis, O. S. (1994). Chemical Sensing using Indicator Dyes. Optical Fiber Sensing, 4,53-107.