Experiment 2: Titrating NayCO3 with HCI using methyl orange indicator Titration is used to find the volume of an unknown solution that is required to neutralize a solution of known concentration. The titre value can be used to calculate the concentration of the unknown solution. in this experiment, B1 is a solution containing a mixture of sodium carbonate and sodium chloride. A simple titration using methyl orange indicator is conducted to determine the percentage by mass of sodium carbonate in the mixture. The equation for the neutralization.reaction is NazCO3 (aq) + 2HCI (aq) > 2NaCl (aq) + COr(g) + H2O () The colour change of the indicator signals the end-point of the reaction ratus & materials ¢ Al—0.tmol dm? HCI * BL solution containing 60g dm of NaxCOy/NaCl mixture (key 10 unknown) ¢ methyl orange indicator © 250 cm’ graduated flask © 25 cm’ pipette ¢ two 50 cm* burette © three 250 cm’ conical flasks * funnel iProcedu: I. Using a burette, place 30.00 cm! of BI ina 250 cm’ graduated flask. Make up the contents of the flask to the mark with distilled water and label this solution B2. . Place A1 ina second burette. N3. Pipette 25 cm’ of B2 into a conical flask, add 2 drops of methyl orange indicator and titrate with Al until the solution changes from yellow to. orange/red. 4. Repeat titration as many times necessary to obtain accurate results. Table 1: Dilution of B1 | san burette reading/em* Initial burette reading/em* [Rough] ~ Accurate Initial burette reading/en Volume of Al used/cm’ 25 cm’ of B2 required .... cm? of Al for neutralization. How many moles of HCI are used in the titration? . Find the number of moles of NaxCO; in 25 cm’ of B2. . Calculate the number of moles of NayCQj in the 250 cm! of B2. Calculate the concentration, in mol dm”, of NayCO; in BI . Calculate the concentration, in g dm”, of NayCO; in BI. . Calculate the percentage by mass of Na;CO; in BI. . Comment on the use of methyl orange asthe indicator in this experiment. NauUswne Practical Chemistry for CAPE Semen