Did you Know?

Vinegar is a common household item containing acetic acid as well as some

other chemicals.

Acetic Acid is the main component of Vinegar. It is a carbon based

compound with a single ionizable proton, making it an organic acid of the
larger class of organic acids called Carboxylic Acids; organic compounds
with a –COOH functional group.

This experiment is designed to determine the molar concentration of acetic

acid in a sample of vinegar by titrating it with a standard solution of NaOH.

CH3COOH(aq) + NaOH(aq) → CH3COONa(aq) + H2O

In any titration we wish to have the Equivalence Point equal to the Endpoint.
For our case, this means we should select an Indicator that changes color
near pH = 8.72.
Phenolphthalein will suffice; changing from clear to pink near pH = 8.