NORMALITY ACID, N

V s SAMPLE VOL
V e VOL ACID AT F 1 = 0
V e VOL ACID AT F 1 = 0
TOTAL ALKALINITY

0.02098
200
1.95
1.95
10.2

mL
GRAPHICAL INTERPOLATION
INTERCEPT METHOD
mg/L CaCO3

METHOD
1. ENTER V t & pH DATA INTO TABLE
2. ENTER NORMALITY OF ACID & SAMPLE VOLUME, V s
3. V e IS CALCULATED FROM INTERCEPT AUTOMATICALLY FOR
DATA RANGE SHOWN COLOURED. USE ONLY DATA FOR pH VALUES < 4.5
4. ALTERNATIVELY, PLOT ALL F 1 V V t & THEN DETERMINE V e

Vt ,
mL

pH

0.00
0.54
0.94
1.36
1.74
2.25
2.37
2.82
3.24
3.90
4.37

6.97
6.66
6.33
5.97
5.47
4.56
4.43
4.13
3.95
3.78
3.68

F1
10

-pH

.(Vs+Vt)

0.000021
0.000044
0.000094
0.000216
0.000684
0.005570
0.007519
0.015035
0.022804
0.033839
0.042699

FROM LINEAR PART OF GRAN PLOT

GRAN PLOT: MELBOURNE TAP-WATER (MULGRAVE)

GRAN FUNCTION, F1

0.060

0.050
0.040
0.030

0.020

Ve = 1.95 mL

0.010
0.000

0.0

1.0

2.0

3.0

VOLUME ACID, mL

4.0

5.0