Titration: Neutralize an acid lake contamination

Question 1: To make sure we stay safe in this virtual lab, do you know what we should do to reduce
the risk when working with high concentrated acids?
✓ Dilute the acid
– Upconcentrate them
– Neutralise them
– Work in large volumes

Question 2: Nice! We have transferred 25 mL of the water sample to a volumetric flask and topped
it up to a total of 250 mL.

Why do we use a volumetric flask?

✓ To obtain an accurate and precise total volume
– It is easy to use
– So we can heat it in a later step
– It's generally the best glassware to handle acid solutions

Question 3: Just to make sure you know how to read the burette, what is the burette reading from
the following image? ↓scroll down

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 ✓ 5.10 mL
– 5.00 mL
– 6.9 mL
– 5.15 mL

Question 4: Alright! Let's try one more time.What is the burette reading from the following image?
↓scroll down

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 ✓ 19.15 mL
– 19.00 mL
– 20.9 mL
– 20.85 mL

Question 5: By performing titration, we will able to determine the titre. The titre is the total volume of
solution added to reach the end-point of the titration. Let's practice!

If the final burette reading is 28.45 mL and the initial burette reading is 5.60 mL, what is the titre?
Give the calculator a go, you bring it down by clicking the symbol in the top right of the LabPad.
✓ 22.85 mL
– 5.60 mL
– 28.45 mL
– 34.05 mL

Question 6: In the acid-alkali titration, the pH changes quickly from 3 to 10 with equivalence point at
pH 7. If we used bromothymol blue as an indicator, when will we reach the end-point?

✓ When the solutions turn from yellow to blue

– When the solutions turn from red to yellow
– When the solutions turn from red to blue
– When the solutions turn from colorless to blue

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