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Sample Problem Statement:

Ricardo and Dominic were arguing about which brand of soda was more acidic. Ricardo insisted
that the Schweppes brand was evidently harsher and so was more acidic, while Dominic
adamant that the Ting brand was the clear contender. Plan and design an investigation into
which brand of soda is more acidic.

Hypothesis
The soda Ting has a higher level of acidity than the soda Schweppes

Aim
To determine the volume of NaOH solution required to neutralize 20cm3 of soda from
Ting and Schweppes by the process of titration

Apparatus and Materials

• Ting and Schweppes Soda

• 2 Beakers
• 2 Conical Flasks
• Burette
• Pipette
• Burette Stand
• Bromothymol Blue Indicator
• Measuring Cylinder

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Diagram:

DIAGRAM SHOWING THE APPARATUS USED FOR TRITRATION

with the 0.1 moldm-3 NaOH solution.

With 20 cm3 of soda

Method:

1. Condition all apparatus

2. Obtain two 200 cm3 beakers label each A and B respectively
3. Pour 100 cm3 of Ting soda to the beaker labelled A.
4. Pipette 20 cm3 of Ting soda into a conical flask
5. Add 1 to 2 drops of bromothymol blue indicator to flask A
6. Fill the burette with the 0.1 moldm-3 NaOH solution.
7. Titrate the 0.1 moldm-3 NaOH against the 20 cm3 of Ting soda in flask A
8. Do this until three concordant values are obtained
9. Repeat steps 3 to 8 for Schweppes in flask B

Variables:

Manipulated Variable: Type of soda

Responding Variable: Volume of NaOH solution

Controlled Variable: 20cm3 of lime juice, concentration of NaOH

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Expected Result [Data to be collected]

TABLE SHOWING THE TITRE VOLUME OF A NaOH USED

Trial Titre 1 Titre 2 Titre 3

Final Volume/cm3

Initial Volume/
cm3

Volume Used/
cm3

Precautions

1. Condition all apparatus

2. Always read lower meniscus in case of colourless solution and upper
meniscus in case of coloured solutions.
Limitation

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variable that you deliberately
measurements contain somechange
degreeduring the experiment)
of uncertainty. This would be true of the
measurements taken with the burette, which may be as much as ± 0.1 milliliter
off the true measurement.
Sources of Error

Human error- Misjudging the color of the indicator near the end point

Systematic Error- Errors in filling the burette can cause air bubbles that affect
the flow of the liquid in the burette the volume of air will be registered as some
of the volume of titrant that left the burette.

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Chemistry Teacher
Campion College