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A problem involving titration and a mystery acid
« on: November 09, 2006, 08:56:49 PM »
Hey everyone.  :) I'm glad I found this forum, because I'm pretty stumped by this problem. I've been working on this for a long time now, and right now, I just really need your help. :-[
Here goes.

A sample of diprotic acid with a mass of 0.1208 g is titrated with 0.1011 M NaOH, requiring 17.95 mL to reach the end point. Determine the formula mass of this acid.

I'll denote the mystery diprotic acid with H2A.

Ok, this is the only thing I know. In order to get the 0.1011 M NaOH, the equation must've looked like this, with the missing values in red:

0.1208 g H2A x     moles H2A         x   moles NaOH  x   1  = 0.1011M
                          grams H2A                 moles H2A       0.01795 L

And so.. I'm stuck.  :-[ Please help.
Thanks so much, I appreciate your time. :)

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Re: A problem involving titration and a mystery acid
« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2006, 09:05:24 PM »
Always start with a balanced chemical reaction.  From there you can get one of your missing values.

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Re: A problem involving titration and a mystery acid
« Reply #2 on: November 09, 2006, 09:13:10 PM »
Hey thanks for the quick reply. :)

Ok, so I could start with:

__H2A + __NaOH ----> __H2O + __NaA ?

My biggest problem is I don't know the equation itself, and I can't make up a balanced equation itself.  :'(

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Re: A problem involving titration and a mystery acid
« Reply #3 on: November 09, 2006, 09:20:49 PM »
That's the equation you should try to balance.

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Re: A problem involving titration and a mystery acid
« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2006, 09:26:29 PM »
Oh yeah.... I get it now..!.  ;D

Thanks so much!

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