CHEM 140.

1 QUANTITATIVE INORGANIC CHEMISTRY (LABORATORY)

LABORATORY REPORT

Name: Boyles, Juan Miguel D. Date Prepared: 12/10/2021

Lab Schedule: W 7:00-10:00 Date Submitted: 12/10/2021

Experiment No. 8
DETERMINATION OF ACETIC ACID IN VINEGAR

OBJECTIVES:
1. To determine the total quantity of acid present in commercially available vinegar.

SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM:

RESULTS AND OBSERVATIONS:

Table 1. Experimental data gathered and to be computed during titration of vinegar.

Volume (mL) Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3

Final volume (mL) 5.85 10.47 15.15
Initial volume (mL) 1.25 5.85 10.50
Volume added (mL) 4.6 4.62 4.65
Average volume added (mL) 4.62
Concentration of NaOH 0.9971 M
% Acetic Acid in Vinegar 36.8%
 Calculation:
(𝑚𝐿 𝑜𝑓 𝑁𝑎𝑂𝐻 𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑒𝑑)(𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑁𝑎𝑂𝐻)
% 𝑜𝑓 𝐴𝑐𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝐴𝑐𝑖𝑑 = 𝑥 100
(𝑚𝐿 𝑜𝑓 𝑉𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑟 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒)

CALCULATION:

(4.62)(0.9971)
% 𝑜𝑓 𝐴𝑐𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝐴𝑐𝑖𝑑 = 𝑥 100 = 36.8%
(1.25)

INFERENCE:
The experiment successfully determines the total quantity of acid present in commercially available vinegar. By using the
titration method, 3 portions of vinegar sample were put into 3 Erlenmeyer flasks and adding a few drops of Phenolphthalein indicator.
After that, the 3 flasks were titrated and the samples has the same endpoint with the average added volume of 4.62mL. Next was
calculating the percentage of acetic acid present in the vinegar sample by using the formula is given, which came out with a
percentage of 36.8%.