Guide Question 5

5. How many grams of potassium hydrogen phthalate (KHP/ KHC 8H4O4) should be weighed into a flask
to standardize 0.05M NaOH if you wish to use 30 mL of base for the titration.
Solution:

Given:
30 ml (0.03 L)
0.05M NaOH

Molar Mass of KHP or KHC8H4O4

C8 = 12.011 X 8 96.088
H5 = 1.008 X 5 5.04
K = 39.098 39.098
O4 = 16 X 4 64
204.22 g/mol

Balanced Equation:
1 KHP + 1NaOH  H2O + NaKP
or
KHC8H4O4 + NaOH  H2O +NaKC8H4O4

g KHP = 0.03 L x 0.05 M NaOH x 1 mole KHP x 204.2 g KHP =

L 1 mole NaOH 1 mole KHP 0.31 g