Prepare all the materials

needed

Dry 3 g of potassium hydrogen

phthalate (KHC8H4O4) at 110ºC for Powder mixture was
obtained a1er two hours
2 hours.

Cover the KHC8H4O4 with

aluminum foil

NO Is deionized
water
available?

YES

Boil one liter of dis-lled Fill the prepared 500mL

water. polyethylene bo>le about
1/3 full (160mL) with
deionized water.

Add 3 grams of sodium hydroxide. Then,

gently swirly the solu-on,

Dilute the solu-on to 500mL

with deionized water. Then, cap.

Calculate the required mass of

KHC8H4O4 for 15mL of
diluted NaOH solu-on.

NO Will the computed

value reach
stoichiometric point?

Measure the required mass of KHC8H4O4 on

Re-calculate the analy-cal balance. Make three
measurements. Transfer the measurements to
a clean, labeled Erlenmeyer flask.

Dissolve the three KHC8H4O4

samples in 50mL of deionized water.
Add two drops of phenolphthalein

Start by using tap

water, followed by
Wash a 50-mL buret and funnel. dis5lled water

Rinse with three 5 mL por-ons of the NaOH.

Discard in a waste jar.
Note: Drain each rinse through the buret -p

NO
Did the facilitator
already checked
your buret and
3tra3on set-up?

Using a funnel, fill the buret with the NaOH Read the volume by looking at the lower
solu-on. meniscus.

Have it checkec

Record the ini-al volume using all certain digits

plus one uncertain digit.
 Start with the -tra-on.

Place a sheet of white paper beneath the

Erlenmeyer flask.

Add the -trant to the first acid sample swirling Add the NaOH solu5on in 1
the flask aber each addi-on. to 2mL increments

Obserce color fading

NO
Did the color
persist for 30
seconds

YES
Con-nue the addi-on of the NaOH
un-l the endpoint is reached

Aber 10-15 seconds, read and record

the final volume of NaOH in the buret

Refill the buret and repeat -tra-on

with the remaining two KHC8H4O4
samples.

Calculate the molar

concentra5on of the
dis5lled NaOH Solu5on

Are the molar

NO
concentra-on of the NaOH
solu-on from the three
analyses within +_ 1%?

YES

Record possible errors made during the

prepara-on and -tra-on
Place a corresponding label on
the 500 mL polyethylene bo:le