Titration and soluble salts

SC8e.4 Homework 1
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1 Acid–alkali neutralisation can be modelled using this equation: H (aq) + OH (aq) → H2O(l)
a Name the ions shown in this equation.
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H ions _______________ OH ions __________________
b State which reactant, acid or alkali, each ion comes from.
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H ions _______________ OH ions __________________
c Explain the meaning of the symbols (aq) and (l).

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2 Titration must be used to prepare soluble salts from an acid and an alkali. One example of this involves the
reaction of dilute sulfuric acid with sodium hydroxide solution.
a Name the salt formed in this reaction.

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b Describe one reason why titration must be used to prepare this salt using these two substances.

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c Write a word equation for the reaction.

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3 A student does a titration using these steps. He:

 adds 25.0 cm3 of dilute sodium hydroxide solution to a conical flask
 adds a few drops of phenolphthalein indicator to the flask
 adds dilute hydrochloric acid until the contents of the flask just changes colour.
a Name the apparatus he should use to measure the dilute sodium hydroxide solution.

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b Name the apparatus he should use to add the dilute hydrochloric acid to the flask.

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c Describe the colour change he sees at the end-point of the titration.

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d Name a suitable indicator that the student could use instead of phenolphthalein.

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The student makes sodium chloride solution using the volumes of acid and alkali he finds by titration. He
then heats this solution in an evaporating basin to remove some of the water.
e Describe what the student should do to obtain dry crystals of sodium chloride.

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