ACID-BASE TITRATION

AGRA BERTHAN PANAMBUNAN

CITA HATI WEST CAMPUS 2019

I. INTRODUCTION
A) Titration involves the addition of a solution whose concentration is known
to a solution whose concentration is unknown. The volume of the known
solution required to react completely with a known volume of the solution
whose concentration is being determined is measured. An indicator is
added to the solution to mark the point at which the two quantities reach
equivalence.
B) How to find the concentration of HCL solution.

II. METHODOLOGY
A) Materials and Equipments
1. Burette
2. Erlenmeyer flask
3. Graduated cylinder
4. HCL solution with unknown concentration.
5. 1mol/dm^3 of NaOH solution.
6. Phenolphthalein indicator.
7. Filter funnel.
B) Procedures
1. Add 2ml of HCL solution into the erlenmeyer flask.
2. Add three drops of phenolphthalein indicator into erlenmeyer flask
that already contained 10 ml of HCL solution.
3. Fill the burette with 50ml of 1 mol/dm^3 of NaOH solution.
4. Add NaOH solution into the erlenmeyer flask, slowly swirl the
erlenmeyer flask continuously until the color of the indicator changes.
5. Record the volume of NaOH solution needed to neutralize or titrate
HCL solution.
6. Repeat the experiment 3 times.

IV. RESULTS
 TRIAL 1 (ml) TRIAL 2 (ml) TRIAL 3 (ml)

Final Volume 16.2 19 16.1

Initial Volume 0 0 0

Titre (volume of 16.2 19 16.1

NaOH (aq) used)

Average Titre/ml 17.1

Concentration of 8.55 mol/L

HCL solution

The results must be repeated 3 times in order to get a more accurate

average result. 50 ml of NaOH is poured into the flask filled with HCL solution
mixed with phenolphthalein indicator slowly, and stopped pouring NaOH once the
mixture turns into a pink purple ish color and it is measured that around an
average of 17.1 ml of NaOH is enough to balance the two solution pH. Variations
in the phenolphthalein indicator results is caused by inconsistencies in the amount
of NaOH solution drops.

HCl(aq) + NaOH(aq) → NaCl(aq) + H2O(l) + heat

 This is the chemical equation of the experiment, and through the average titre
and the equation, we can calculate that the concentration of HCL solution is
8.55ml/L.

QUESTIONS :
1. Three drops of phenolphthalein indicator were added into erlenmeyer flask that
already contained HCL solution. What was the colour of indicator? colourless
2. What was the colour of indicator phenolphthalein in the erlenmeyer flask when
end point of titration were reached? Pink-purple ish
3. Write the balance equation of HCL and NaOH. HCl(aq) + NaOH(aq) → NaCl(aq) +
H2O(l) + heat
4. Find the concentration of HCL solution. 8.55 ml/L.

V. CONCLUSION
In this lab, we used titration to explore the concepts of stoichiometry and
equivalence points. We have figured that we can figure out the midpoint of two
substances which in this case is HCL solution and NaOH solution by using the titration
method with the added help of phenolphthalein indicator. The midpoint of this two
substances is 2ml of HCL solution and 17.1 ml of NaOH solution, which we can then
calculate with the equation Concentration = moles/volume to get 8.55ml/L as the
concentration of HCL solution.