Name: Lujain Mohammed Alsyouf

ID: 20100429

Section: 1

Course: 2

Experiment: 3

Determination Of The"
Dissociation Constant
And Concentration Of A
"weak Acid
:Aim
To become familiar with the operation of a pH meter and quantitative
equilibrium constants.

:Results, calculations and discussion

mL NaOH pH mL NaOH pH mL NaOH pH

0.0 2.36 20.0 4.95 27.5 12.25
2.0 3.14 20.5 5.02 28.0 12.33
4.0 3.52 21.0 5.08 28.5 12.39
6.0 3.74 21.5 5.18 29.0 12.47
8.0 3.94 22.0 5.25 29.5 12.51
10.0 4.10 22.5 5.35 30.0 12.56
11.0 4.18 23.0 5.44 31.0 12.60
12.0 4.27 23.5 5.58 32.0 12.70
13.0 4.34 24.0 5.72 33.0 12.74
14.0 4.41 24.5 5.89 34.0 12.78
15.0 4.48 25.0 6.41 35.0 12.81
16.0 4.57 25.5 10.45 36.0 12.82
17.0 4.65 26.0 11.40 37.0 12.84
18.0 4.76 26.5 11.80
19.0 4.87 27.0 12.07
Volume of NaOH at equivalence point = 25.5
mL

Volume of NaOH at one half equivalence point = 12.75 mL

pKa =PH=4.30 Ka = -log Ka=Pka

-log Ka=4.30
Ka = 5*10-5

MCH3COOH = (VNaOH  MNaOH) / VCH3COOH = (25.5ml x0.2M)/ 50ml

=0.1 M
" Titration
14.0
Curve foor the titration of a weak acid CH3COOH and a strong base
NaOH"
12.0

10.0

8.0
PH

6.0

4.0

2.0

0.0
0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0

Volume of base added, ml

:Points to discuss
the strong acid like HCl completely dissociated in water -

HCl (aq) → H+ (aq) + Cl‾ (aq)

so then the H+ concentration of 0.1 M HCl is 0.1 M and [H+ ]=[ Cl‾]

The weak acid like CH3COOH is slightly dissociated in an aqueous -

solution

HC2H3O2 (aq) ⇌ H+ (aq) + C2H3O2‾ (aq)

Its acid dissociation

constant is small as
:shown
+
BH
[ ] [ H ][C 2 H 3 O − ]
2

[B − ] Ka = [HC2 H 3 O 2 ] pH = pKa – log

As we can notice from the curve the PH of the solution is increasing, it -

started with 2.36 before the acid has been titrated and then started to
.increase during the process of titration

At half the equivalence point pH = pKa , which the number of moles -

of base added is half the number of moles of acid initially presents.
This is the point at which 50% of the acid has been titrated to produce
B‾ and 50% remains as HB. At this point [HB] = [B‾], the ratio [HB]/[B‾]
= 1, and log [HB]/[B‾] = 0

:Errors and sources of errors

Error = │[(experimental value – accepted value)/accepted %

.value]│  100%

% 0=0.1/)0.1-0.1(

As we can notice from my calculation there are no clear errors, but -

errors can happened if the solution wasn't mixed by the paddle and that
.can effect on the result of the PH

We should take care of the amount of the quantities, also we should -

.take care of taking the right readings by the PH meter

We should not touch the bottom of the beaker with the electrodes -
.because the glass electrode is very fragile

We should not readjust the knobs because the PH- meter has been -
.standardized

:Conclusion
As a conclusion we can brief that there is a dissociated constant for the weak
acid (Ka) and it has a small value because the weak acid dissociated slightly
:in the aqueous solution

CH3COOH (aq) ⇌ H+ (aq) + CH3COO- (aq)

Ka = 5*10-5