Titration Lab with Kinetics

Alex Aguilar, Jackson Finch, Gino Gonzlez, Kristianne Navarro

Experiment 1 (old)
Trial # Volume of KMnO4 Time

1 23 mL 06:59:97

2 0.5 mL 01:34:85

3 0.5 mL 00:20:13

4 0.1 mL 00:40:01

5 0.1 mL 00:25:00

6 35 mL 05:52:22

Experiment 2 (NEW)
Prelab Questions
1. What type of reaction will be taking place in this titration lab?: A neutralization
reaction.
2. What is meant by the term equivalence point?: The equivalence point is the
point in which the moles of the known solution (sodium hydroxide) equal the
amount of moles of the unknown solution (hydrochloric acid) and is indicated by
a stagnant change in color (pink).
3. Write the balanced equation for the reaction in this titration. Identify the acid,
base, and salt.: The equation is NaOH(aq) + HCl(aq) H2O(l) + NaCl(aq). The
acid is HCl (hydrochloric acid), the base is NaOH (sodium hydroxide), and the
salt is NaCl.
4. You will be adding the indicator phenolphthalein to the HCl in your flask.
a. What color will the solution in your flask be before you start adding your
base?: The solution in our flask will be a cloudy white color before we start
adding the base.
b. What color will the solution be when you have added enough base?: The
solution will be a pink color when enough base has been added.
5. Record the volume of each of the burettes below to the correct number of
significant digits.
The burette to the left has a volume of 1.81 mL, and the burette on the left has a volume
of 1.8 mL.

Results/Observations
Concentration of 6M Volume of HCl (Va) 40 mL
NaOH (MB)

Trial # Initial Volume Final Volume Volume of NaOH

Used

1 50 mL 45 mL 5 mL

2 45 mL 42 mL 3 mL

3 42 mL 39 mL 3 mL

Calculations
1. Calculate the volume change of base in each trial.: Found in the rightmost column in the table
above.

2. Given that you know the acid volume, the base concentration, and the volume change for
each base in the trial, calculate the molarity of the acid using the titration equation MAVA = MBVB.

Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3

(6 M)(5 mL) = (MB)(40 mL) (6 M)(3 mL) = (MB)(40 mL) (6 M)(3 mL) = (MB)(40 mL)
MB = 0.75 MB = 0.45 M MB = 0.45 M
3. Average each of the molarities you calculated in problem 2. This is your experimental value:
(0.75 M)(0.45 M)(0.45 M)/3 = 0.51 M

4. Figure out the accepted value for the concentration of acid by calculating a dilution. The HCl
label says 76 mL of 12-M was diluted to 1L.

76 mL HCl 1 L HCl 12 mol HCl

1000 mL HCl 1 L HCl

= 0.912 M HCl

5. Calculate your percent error. ((accepted value - experimental value)/(accepted value) x

100%).: (0.91 M - 0.51 M)/(0.91) x 100% = 44%

6. What volume of 6.0 M HCl is needed to neutralize 2.0 L of 0.10 NaOH?

2.0 L NaOH 0.10 mol NaOH 1 mol HCl 1 L HCl

1 L NaOH 1 mol NaOH 6.0 mol HCl

= 0.033 L HCl

7. Describe why you wanted the solution to be a pale pink color when the titration was over
rather than a dark pink.: I wanted the solution to be a pale pink color rather than a dark pink
because it indicates that HCl has been neutralized.

8. When a substance is considered neutral, what is its pH?: 6-7

9. Now that you know the concentrations of your reactants in the neutralization equation,
calculate the first reaction rate. First, write the rate law for the reactants in first order, then
calculate the rate using your experimental HCl concentration and the given NaOH concentration
s-1
(k = 1.2 x 10-5 ): rate = 1.2 x 10-5[6 M][0.51 M] 3.7 x 10-5 M2 s-1, rate law is rate =
k[HCl][NaOH]

10. What is the overall reaction order in this rate law?: 2