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OBJECTIVE
METHODOLOGY
pH at EP
16
pH = -log [H] 14
12
9.20 = -log [H]
10 Equivalence
-9.20 = log [H] point, = 9.20
pH
8
[H] = 10(9.20) 6 pH
4
[H] = 6.30
1010 2
0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
Volume of titrant (mL)
pH = pKa
Volume EP
Therefore,
= () ()
Vep, = .
= .
= .
Moles of titrant, = . .
= .
()
= ()
. 1
Concentration of analyte, = 25.00 mL 1000
.
= 0.025 L
= . /
Then,
= .
=
. =
= (.)
= .
14
12
pH at EP
10
pH = -log [H]
8
pH
[H] = 10(4.61) 2
0
[H] = 2.45
0 20 40 60 80 100
105 Volume of titrant (mL)
pH = pKa
Volume EP
Therefore,
= () ()
Vep, = .
= .
= .
Moles of titrant, = . .
= .
()
= ()
. 1
Concentration of analyte, = 25.00 mL 1000
.
= 0.025 L
= . /
Then,
= .
=
. =
= (.)
= .
DISCUSSION
The titration curve for the titration of acetic acid is shown in Graph 1. Acetic acid
which is a weak acid has been titrated with a 0.1 M solution of NaOH solution. At the first
point on the curve, the pH value is 2.93. The pH at this point is the value of pure acetic acid.
During the titration, the concentration of acid will decrease. Acetic acid is a monoprotic acid
since it has only one pKa point. By analysing graph of acetic acid, at the infection point, the
pH becomes 4.80 as 12.40 mL NaOH has been added. Hence, the pKa for acetic acid also be
4.80 (by applying the Henderson Hasselbalch equation, pH = pKa). So, the ionization
constant, Ka, is 1.58 105.
The titration curve for the titration of phosphoric acid is shown in Graph 2.
Phosphoric acid is a polyprotic acid. At the first point on the curve, the pH value is 1.30. The
pH at this point is the value of pure phosphoric acid. When some NaOH is added, the solution
now contains acid and conjugate bases (dihydrogen phosphate). This conjugate base act as a
buffer which resists the change in pH. By analysing graph of phosphoric acid, at the infection
point, the pH becomes 2.27 as 14.00 mL NaOH has been added. Hence, the pKa for
phosphoric acid also be 2.27. So, the ionization constant, Ka, is 5.37 103 .
From this experiment, the result was not too accurate compare to the theoretical value.
This might be happened because of the pH meter that we used is not measured the accurate
pH reading. Next, we are not precisely added 2 mL of 0.2 M NaOH for every step of titration
process. From this experiment, there have some tips. First, we must to be ensuring there is no
bubble trapped at the tip of the burette during fill the sodium hydroxide solution and we need
measure the reading sharply to avoid the error.