This document describes an experiment to determine the percentage of acetic acid in a vinegar sample through acid-base titration. Vinegar solutions typically contain 3-6% acetic acid. The experiment involves adding a sodium hydroxide solution dropwise to a vinegar sample until the endpoint is reached, as indicated by a color change in the phenolphthalein indicator. By measuring the volume of sodium hydroxide used, the concentration of acetic acid in the vinegar can be calculated and compared to regulatory standards. The document provides the procedure, materials list, observations table, and questions to analyze the results.
This document describes an experiment to determine the percentage of acetic acid in a vinegar sample through acid-base titration. Vinegar solutions typically contain 3-6% acetic acid. The experiment involves adding a sodium hydroxide solution dropwise to a vinegar sample until the endpoint is reached, as indicated by a color change in the phenolphthalein indicator. By measuring the volume of sodium hydroxide used, the concentration of acetic acid in the vinegar can be calculated and compared to regulatory standards. The document provides the procedure, materials list, observations table, and questions to analyze the results.
This document describes an experiment to determine the percentage of acetic acid in a vinegar sample through acid-base titration. Vinegar solutions typically contain 3-6% acetic acid. The experiment involves adding a sodium hydroxide solution dropwise to a vinegar sample until the endpoint is reached, as indicated by a color change in the phenolphthalein indicator. By measuring the volume of sodium hydroxide used, the concentration of acetic acid in the vinegar can be calculated and compared to regulatory standards. The document provides the procedure, materials list, observations table, and questions to analyze the results.
This document describes an experiment to determine the percentage of acetic acid in a vinegar sample through acid-base titration. Vinegar solutions typically contain 3-6% acetic acid. The experiment involves adding a sodium hydroxide solution dropwise to a vinegar sample until the endpoint is reached, as indicated by a color change in the phenolphthalein indicator. By measuring the volume of sodium hydroxide used, the concentration of acetic acid in the vinegar can be calculated and compared to regulatory standards. The document provides the procedure, materials list, observations table, and questions to analyze the results.
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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?
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