Activity 1- TITRATION

1 A student carried out an experiment to determine the end-point for the titration of 25.0
cm3 of 1.0 mol dm-3 sodium hydroxide solution with hydrochloric acid. Phenolphthalein is
used as the acid-base indicator.
Table 1 shows the three titrations that were conducted and the magnification of the
burette readings.

Titration No. I II III

13
1
hydrochloric hydrochloric 26
hydrochloric
acid acid acid
14 1
2 27

Initial burette
reading ii)………………. iii)………………..
i)…………………..

13 38

hydrochloric 26
acid hydrochloric
acid hydrochloric
14 39 acid
27

Final burette
reading iv)……………….. v)…………………… vi)…………………….

Table 1

(a) Record the burette readings for the three titrations in the space provided in Table 1.

(b) Construct a table and record the initial burette reading, final burette reading and the
volume of acid used for each titration.
(c) Calculate the average volume of hydrochloric acid used in the experiment.

(d) Calculate the concentration of hydrochloric acid used in the experiment.

(e) If the experiment is repeated by replacing 1.0 mol dm -3 of hydrochloric acid with 1.0
mol dm-3 of sulphuric acid, predict the end-point of the titration.

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(f) Acids can be classified into strong acid and weak acid. Classify the following acids
into strong acids and weak acids.
Ethanoic acid, hydrochloric acid, sulphuric acid,
carbonic acid, nitric acid,

Strong acids Weak acids

(g) State the colour change of the phenolphthalein indicator at the end point of titration.

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(h) If phenolphthalein is replaced with methyl orange as the acid-base indicator, state
the colour change.

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(i) Write a chemical equation for the neutralisation reaction between hydrochloric acid
and sodium hydroxide.

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