AcidBaseLab

DeterminationofCaCO3inToothpaste

Introduction:
CaCO3 istheinorganiccompound,whichcausedfromprecipitationandaccumulation
ofrocks.seashell,coral,orbonesbecome CaCO3 orasweknownasCalciumCarbonate.Itsthe
naturalcompoundwithhaveitownpropertiessuchasbrightness,whiteness,oilabsorption
whichpromoteditsinindustrialpurposes,alsouseasinitialsubstanceinanyproductsincluding
usinginhousehold,agriculturalandmanyothers.
Alsointheagriculturalproductsthatweuseinoureverydaylife,Toothpasteisthegood
exampleoftheproductfromusingofCalciumcarbonateasaningredients.Asweknowthatat
thenormaltemperature CaCO3 willnotreactwithwater,yetifweheateditup,Itcaused
breakdownofmolecules.InadditionwithUsingofAcidBasetitrationknowledge.Weusedthe
initialsamplewhichweknowtheconcentrationtoreactedwithoursamplecompoundtofindthe
equivalencepointandtheconcentrationof CaCO3 .

Purpose:
DeterminationofCalciumcarbonateconcentrationinthetoothpaste.
Tounderstandingthereactionof CaCO3 .withHClandNaoH,usingindicator

Hypothesis:
AsweknowtheusingofPhenolphthaleinindicatorwhichuseasindicatorintheconcept
ofcolourdyes.WefoundthattheindicatorreactionwillnotchangeitscoloruntilpHis8or
above,anditbecomehotpinkasthepHriseto10.Sofromthereactionintheexperimentor
fromthetitrationresultstoourproducts,Wecouldfoundthechangesofcolorinindicatorasthe
pHbecomeabove8.

Materials:
3x125mLErlenmeyerFlasks(ConicalFlask)
1xSpatula
1xStandwithdoubleburetholder
1xBuret
1xStirbar
1xpHmeter
1xgraduatedcylinder
1xToothpaste
Phenolphthaleinindicator
NaOH(Sodiumhydroxide)
HCl(Hydrochloricacid)
Heater
Distilledwater

Methods:
Documenteverythingthatyoudointhelab.Noteallquantitiesandobservations.The
copyofyourinlabnoteswillconstitutepartofyourreport.Mustbewritteninink(nopencils,
noerasableinkandnowhiteout).Iwillsigntheinlabnotesbeforeleavingthelab.Inlabnotes
(onepergroup)willbehandedinwiththereport(hardcopy).

Put125mLErlenmeyeronscale,zeroscale.
Weighoutabout0.50goftoothpaste,usingspatula,directlyinto125mLErlenmeyer
flask.Recordvalueweighted.
Usinga10mLgraduatedcylinder,add10mLofdistilledwatertothetoothpaste.
Usinga10.0mLvolumetricpipette,pipetteexactly10.0mLof0.10MHCLinto
toothpaste/watersolution.
Addastirbar,heatandstirfor5minutesonhotplate>removefromheatandletcoolto
thetouch.
AddafewdropsofPhenolphthaleinindicator.
Startaddingyourtitrant(0.10MNaOHinburet)slowly>checkthepHafterevery1mL
oftitrantadded.RecordboththevolumeandpH.Whensolutionstartstoturnpinkbut
returntotransparent,clearafterswirling,addslower(dropwiseperhap).
Afterendpointhasbeenreached,recordthepHandfinalvolume.

Dataresult:

Sample1

Sample2

Sample3

Weighttoothpaste(g)

0.63

0.57

0.58

InitialVolume(mL)

36.43

42.41

48.48/16.89

InitialpH

2.16

1.92

2.19

FinalVolume(mL)

42.41

48.48

50.02/21.29

FinalpH

*error*

8.66

8.77

TotalVolume(mL)

5.98

6.07

5.94

VolumeHClreactedwithtoothpaste

4.0(4.02)

3.9(3.93)

4.1(4.06)

MoleHClreacted

4
4.0x10

4
3.9x10

4
4.1x10

Moles CaCO3

4
2.0x10

4
2.0x10

4
2.0x10

Amount CaCO3 (mg)

20

20

20

Amount CaCO3 (mg/g)

32

35

34

Average CaCO3 (mg/g)

34(33.67)

Standarddeviation
%RSD

1.2

3.7%

Discussion:
Intheexperimentweadd H Cl intheexcesstothetoothpastetomakesurethatthereis
enoughacidtomakeanreactionbecauseanacidthatweaddedinthefirsthalfwillreactwith
calciumcarbonate( C aCO3) ,anditmakethesolutiontobeacidicwhichitisreadytotitration
withsodiumhydroxide,soweneedtoaddmoreacidforthereactionwithsodiumhydroxide,
thenwecancalculateforthedata.
CaCO3 + H Cl CaCl2 + H 2O + C O2
Thenheatupthesolutionbecausetemperaturecouldaffectthespeedofthereaction.If
weonlymeltthetoothpastewithoutheatingitmighttaketoolong,butifweaddedheattothe
solutionthereactionbetweenwaterandtoothpastewillgetfasterandeasierforustomeltthe
toothpaste.Anotherreasontoheatthesolutionisbecausewewanttogetridof CO2 fromthe
reactionbetweentoothpasteand H Cl .Ifwedidnotevaporate,theymightreactwithwaterand
formacidwhichcancreatesomepHinstabilityinthesolution.
N aOH + H Cl N aCl + H 2O

Intheprocessoftitration,weaddslightamountof N aOH continuouslyuntilthesolution

starttoturnpink.thereasonwhysolutionwouldturnpinkisbecauseinthedifferencenumberof
pHalsorelatedtocolor.Forexample,intermofphenolphthalein,ifthesolutionisacidthecolor
willbecolorlessanditwillbepinkinbasicsolutions.ThepHinrageof89isbasic,sothat
whysolutionsturnpinkinthisrange.Werepeatallthestepfortheothertwoexperimentto
conductthefinalresulttobethemostpreciseandtobeabletofindtheaveragevalueof
equivalencepoint,themarkwhenthenumberofinbaseandacidareequal,fromtitrationswhich
itisaccuratelyone.Intheresultgraph,wegetthescurvegraphwithtwoimportantpoint,the
endpointwhichisthespotwherethecolorbeingchangesandequivalentpointwhichgiveusthe
volumeofNaOHthatreactcompletelywithremainingHClfromthereactionwithtoothpaste.


Conclusion:
Accordingtoourhypothesis,wewillseeoursolutionbecomepinkafteritspHbecome
above8becauseoftheabilityoftheindicator.Fromtheexperiment,theresultwehavegotisthe
resultweexpected.Insample2and3,solutionbecomepinkwhentheirpHishigherthan8.
However,wecannotdeterminepHofsamplebecauseoftheaccidentthatoccurredduringthe
experiment,andbecauseoflimitoftimewewereunabletorecordthepHvalueofsolutionfor
everymLoftitrantwehaveadded.Ifthisexperimentcouldberepeatagaininfuture,wewill
makesurethatnoaccidentwillhappenagainandmanageourtimetobeabletofinishandrecord
everythingintoourresultsothatwecanhavemorereliableresult.

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