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Stuck On Titration Calculation
« on: February 21, 2010, 03:02:31 PM »
I had to find out the accurate concentration of sulphuric (VI) acid in a sample of the acid solution that is thought to have a concentration between 0.05 and 0.15 moldm^-3. I had to do this by titration with sodium carbonate.
what calculations do I have to carry out to find the accurate concentration of the sulphuric acid? Thanks in advance.
 (btw I have done the titration and I've got the results. I've also calculated the concentration of sodium carbonate in my standard solution)

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Re: Stuck On Titration Calculation
« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2010, 03:23:58 PM »
What is the equation of the reaction you carried out?

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Re: Stuck On Titration Calculation
« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2010, 03:28:41 PM »
H2SO4(aq) + Na2CO3(aq) --> Na2SO4(aq) + H2O(l) + CO2(g)

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Re: Stuck On Titration Calculation
« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2010, 03:33:05 PM »
So how many moles of acid react with 1 mole of carbonate?

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Re: Stuck On Titration Calculation
« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2010, 03:36:22 PM »
1:1?

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Re: Stuck On Titration Calculation
« Reply #5 on: February 21, 2010, 03:59:30 PM »
Sounds good to me. How much carbonate did you use up in your titration?

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Re: Stuck On Titration Calculation
« Reply #6 on: February 21, 2010, 04:06:07 PM »
Sorry, I'm not sure what you're asking for?

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Re: Stuck On Titration Calculation
« Reply #7 on: February 21, 2010, 04:17:19 PM »
If you know the amount of carbonate you used up in the titration, you can work out how much acid you had

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Re: Stuck On Titration Calculation
« Reply #8 on: February 21, 2010, 04:21:58 PM »
225cm^3

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Re: Stuck On Titration Calculation
« Reply #9 on: February 21, 2010, 04:26:23 PM »
That's a volume, is it solid sodium carbonate? Or a solution?

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Re: Stuck On Titration Calculation
« Reply #10 on: February 21, 2010, 04:31:17 PM »
I used 2.60g of solid sodium carbonate

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Re: Stuck On Titration Calculation
« Reply #11 on: February 21, 2010, 04:36:14 PM »
2.60 g in 225 cm3? If so, how many moles of sodium carbonate is that?

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Re: Stuck On Titration Calculation
« Reply #12 on: February 21, 2010, 04:48:03 PM »
sorry, 2.60g in 250cm^3

2.60/105.98
=0.0245329307 mol

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Re: Stuck On Titration Calculation
« Reply #13 on: February 21, 2010, 04:51:25 PM »
OK, so how many moles of acid did you consume in your titration?

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Re: Stuck On Titration Calculation
« Reply #14 on: February 21, 2010, 04:59:48 PM »
0.2406199021 mol

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