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A project submitted to
CALCUL Central Board of Secondary Education
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All India Senior Secondary Certificate Examination
NEUTRA (AISSCE)

LIZING
CAPACIT
Y OF AN
ANTACI
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CBSE
(2021-22)

NAME – Sameer ahmed

ROLL NO. – 14627512

SUBJECT - CHEMISTRY

Background
 Stomach acid contains hydrochloric acid which aids in food
digestion. Excess stomach acid produces a condition known as acid
indigestion or acid reflux. Commercial antacids containing one or more
bases are available to treat this condition by neutralizing the excess acid
in the stomach. The acid neutralizing capacity (ANC) of an antacid is the
amount of acid that it can neutralize. This ANC can be best measured in
the laboratory by a process known as back titration. This involves
dissolving the antacid in an excess of acid and then titrating the acidic
solution against a known concentration of base until the endpoint is
reached. The moles of acid neutralized equals the difference between
the moles of acid added and the moles of base required for the back
titration.
For this investigation:
moles of acid neutralized=moles of HCl added – moles of NaOH required=(Volume HCl x Molarity HCl ) – (Volume NaOH x Mo

moles of HCl neutralized

acid neutralizing capacity per gramof antacid=
grams of antacid

Objective
 After completing this laboratory investigation, the student will be
able to determine the acid neutralizing capacity of an antacid.
Materials/Equipments
Required
Antacid tablet
Beaker, 250 mL
Burette, 50 mL
Distilled water
Burette clamp
Electronic balance
Erlenmeyer flask, 125 mL (2)
Funnel
Hydrochloric acid (0.15 M HCl)
Mortar and pestle
Phenolphthalein indicator solution (2 mL)
Ring stand
Sodium hydroxide solution (0.2 M NaOH)
Stirring rod
 Procedure
1. Choose an antacid to investigate and record its name.
2. Use a ring stand with the burette clamp and a burette to set up the
titration apparatus. Place a 250 mL beaker under the burette tip.
3. Add 5-10 mL of 0.20 M NaOH to the burette to rinse the burette and
drain into the 250 mL beaker. Discard the base.
4. Obtain an antacid tablet and measure its mass and record in the
data table. Using a mortar and pestle, crush the antacid tablet.
5. Place a clean 125 mL Erlenmeyer flask on the electronic balance and
zero or tare the balance. Add approximately 0.25 grams of the
antacid tablet to the 125 mL Erlenmeyer flask and record the mass
added to the flask in the data table.
6. Fill the burette with the 0.2 M NaOH carefully until the base is above
the zero mark. Dispense base from the burette into a discard beaker
until all air is removed from the burette tip and the level of base is
within the graduated portion of the burette. Record the burette
level as the initial burette reading of NaOH. Use the bottom of the
meniscus for your burette level reading.
7. Into the 125 mL Erlenmeyer flask containing the powdered antacid,
dispense approximately 25 mL of the acid. Add approximately 50 mL
of deionized water and 3-5 drops of phenolphthalein solution to the
flask and swirl to mix. Let stand for 10 minutes.
8. Titrate slowly by adding the base into the flask containing the acid
with stirring until a pink color starts to persist in the beaker.
Decrease the flow of base to a slow drop by drop process and
continue until the pink color persists for more than a few seconds.
9. Record the final burette readings in the data table.
 Observation Table
1. Molarity of HCl solution – 0.20 M Molarity of NaOH
solution – 0.15 M
Antacid 1 Antacid 2
Name of antacid
Mass of antacid tablet (g)
Mass of antacid added to flask (g)
Initial burette reading (ml)
Final burette reading (ml)
 Calculations
1. Calculate the volume of NaOH required and place in the calculations
table.
2. Using the molarity formula, calculate the moles of HCl dispensed
and place in the calculations table.
3. Calculate the moles of HCl neutralized by the antacid.
4. Calculate the neutralizing capacity of the antacid per gram of
antacid.
5. Calculate the neutralizing capacity of the antacid per tablet of the
antacid.

Antacid 1 Antacid 2
Volume of NaOH required
(ml) =
Moles of NaOH required
(mol) =
Moles of HCl neutralized
(mol) =
Neutralizing capacity of
antacid per gram (moles HCl
neutralized per gram
antacid) =
Neutralizing capacity of
antacid per tablet =
 Conclusion
Since antacid 1 has more neutralizing capacity per tablet than antacid 2;
Therefore, we can say that:
Antacid 1 is a better antacid than antacid 2.

Bibliography
https://literariness.org/2018/07/08/cbse-ugc-net-english-july-2018-
answer-key/
https://www.calculators.org/math/chemistry.php
http://www.shodor.org/unchem/basic/stoic/