0.050 L HNO₃ Vol NaOH (mL) (0.

1781M) Moles NaOH Moles HNO₃ Molarity HNO₃

Trial 1 22.56 0.004018 0.004018 0.08036
Trial 2 23.01 0.004098 0.004098 0.08196
Trial 3 22.82 0.004064 0.004064 0.08128
Trial 4 22.73 0.004048 0.004048 0.08096
Average M 0.08114
Std. Dev. M 0.0006677
Concentration (parts per million, ppm) Absorbance
20 0.836
15 0.556
10 0.402
5 0.206
2 0.091
0 0.000
 Absorbance vs. Concentration
0.9
0.8
0.7 y = 0.0401x + 0.0008
R² = 0.9931
Absorbance

0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0
0 5 10 15 20 25
Concentration (ppm)
Due to the fact that 0.9931 is the R^2 value and that it is close to 1, there is a high or
strong correlation between the absorbance (dependent variable) and concentration
(independent variable). This also means that 99.31% of the variance of the
absorbance is explained by the variance of the concentration.