Laboratory Experiment

No. 5
Potentiometric Determination of the Purity and Dissociation Constant of
Potassium Hydrogen Phthalate

Submitted by:

Caduyac, Fergus M.

CH12FA2

Submitted to:

Mrs. Anne Marie L. Valdez

 Laboratory Experiment No. 5

Potentiometric Determination of the Purity and Dissociation Constant of Potassium

Hydrogen Phthalate

Date Performed: Date Submitted:

January 31, 2020 March 17, 2020

I. Objectives
a. To apply the principles of potentiometry in the determination of the equivalence
point in a titration.
b. To determine the purity of KHP using potentiometric titration.
c. To derive the acid dissociation constant of KHP from the potentiometric data.
d. To standardize the prepared solution.
II. Discussion
III. Materials

APPARATUS REAGENTS

pH Meter KHP (Potassium Hydrogen Phthalate)

pH Electrodes 0.1 M NaOH

Burette pH Buffer Solutions

IV. Procedure

Please refer to p. 24 of the Analytical Chemistry Laboratory Manual.

V. Data and Results

Corrected Volume NaOH pH

2 mL 4.121
 4 mL 4.513

6 mL 4.902

10 mL 5.391

11 mL 5.723

12 mL 6.032

13 mL 6.382

14 mL 6.726

14.5 mL 7.032

15 mL 7.323

15.5 mL 7.684

16 mL 7.921

16.5 mL 8.192

17 mL 8.421

17.5 mL 8.821

18.5 mL 9.102

19.5 mL 9.621

20.5 mL 10.093

21.5 mL 10.324
 pH vs Volume Graph
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10

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pH

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0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22

Corrected Volume of NaOH (mL)

VI. Conclusion