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The document outlines a procedure to test the hypothesis that one MEGA brand tablet contains the same concentration of ascorbic acid as two ULTRA brand tablets using titration. The procedure involves crushing and dissolving the tablets, adding starch indicator, and titrating with potassium iodine solution until the endpoint is reached. The average titres for each brand will be calculated and compared to determine if the hypothesis is supported. Controlled variables include the water volume, starch amount, and iodine concentration. The manipulated variable is tablet brand. Responding variables are iodine volumes. Data on initial, used, and final burette volumes will be collected for each trial and brand.

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Vitamin LAB

The document outlines a procedure to test the hypothesis that one MEGA brand tablet contains the same concentration of ascorbic acid as two ULTRA brand tablets using titration. The procedure involves crushing and dissolving the tablets, adding starch indicator, and titrating with potassium iodine solution until the endpoint is reached. The average titres for each brand will be calculated and compared to determine if the hypothesis is supported. Controlled variables include the water volume, starch amount, and iodine concentration. The manipulated variable is tablet brand. Responding variables are iodine volumes. Data on initial, used, and final burette volumes will be collected for each trial and brand.

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Hypothesis: One tablet of the ‘MEGA’ brand tablet contains the same concentration of ascorbic acid

as two tablets of the ‘ULTRA’ brand tablets.

Aim: To the determine if one ‘MEGA’ brand tablet has the same concentration of ascorbic acid as
two ‘ULTRA’ brand tablets via titration method.

Apparatus/ Material: mortar and pistil, 250cm 3 graduated flask, burette, 25ml pipette, one ‘MEGA’
brand tablet, two ‘ULTRA’ brand tablets, distilled water, starch solution, retort stand, potassium
iodine and conical flask.

Method:

1) Properly clean all apparatus using distilled water.


2) Using a mortar and pistil carefully crush one ‘MEGA’ brand tablet and place it into a
granulated flask.
3) Fill the granulated flask with distilled water up to the mark and shake the content to
allow proper dissolving.
4) Place this content in a conical flask filling up to the 20ml mark.
5) Add six drops of one percent starch solution to the conical flask.
6) Place a funnel over a burette attached to a retort stand and fill it with potassium iodine
up to the zero mark.
7) Place a white title under the conical flask and slowly start to titre the content with
potassium iodine from the burette while vigorously shaking the conical flask.
8) Stop the valve of the burette when there is a fade blue-black colour which indicated the
end point.
9) Record the value of potassium iodine used from the burette.
10) Repeat steps 4-9, two more times and record the amount of potassium iodine used in
each.
11) Calculate the average titre for the ‘MEGA’ brand tablets.
12) Using two ‘ULTRA’ brand tablets instead of one ‘MEGA’ brand tablet, repeat steps 1 to
11.

Variables:

Controlled Variables:

1) The amount of distilled water used to dissolve the vitamin C up to the 25ml mark on the
graduated flask.
2) The amount of starch solution used as an indicator in both titrations.
3) The concentration of the potassium iodine at 0.5 mols.

Manipulated Variable: 1) The brand of tablets used (‘MEGA brand and ‘ULTRA’ brand).
Responding Variables: 1) The volume of potassium iodine used.

Data To Be Collected:

TITRATION TABLE FOR ‘MEGA’ BRAND


Titration 1 Titration 2 Titration 3

Initial Volume
Burette/cm3

Volume of acid used

Final Volume reading of


burette

TITRATION TABLE FOR ‘ULTRA’ BRAND

Titration 1 Titration 2 Titration 3

Initial Volume reading


on Burette/cm3

Volume of acid used

Final Volume reading of


on burette

Interpretation Of Data:

The concentration of the ‘MEGA’ brand and ‘ULTRA’ brand can be found via the redox titration be
iodine and ascorbic acid. When the potassium iodine is added to the ascorbic acid in the conical flask
it reacts to the ascorbic acid and is oxidised to dehydroascorbic acid, while the iodine is reduced to
iodide ions (Ascorbic acid + I2 → 2 I− + dehydroascorbic acid). The iodine which is formed is then
reduced to iodide until the ascorbic acid is used up. When the ascorbic acid is oxidised, the excess
iodine reacts with the starch indicator forming the blue-black starch-iodine complex and this
indicates the end-point of the reaction. By finding the average titre of both brands of tablets the
concentration can be found and compared. If the two tablets of ‘ULTRA’ brand has the same
concentration of ascorbic acid as the ’MEGA’ brand then the hypothesis stated would be true.

Assumptions:

1) It can be assumed that the ascorbic acid from the vitamin C tablets reacted with the iodine.
2) It can be assumed that where were no impurities in the potassium iodine solution.

Sources Of Error:

1) A possible limitation can be that there were different concentrations of ascorbic acid in the
two tablets of ‘ULTRA’ brand.
2) Human reaction time error when turning off the valve of the burette which can allow for
inaccurate measurements of the potassium iodine used.

Precautions:

1) Ensure to use the same amount of starch solution in both titrations.


2) Ensure the content in the conical flask was shaken properly during titration.
3) Ensure to carefully crush the Vitamin C with the pistil and mortar.

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