Assessed Practical Titration Write-Up

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Assessed Practical Titration Write-Up Equation: Na2CO3 + H2SO4 à Na2SO4 + CO2 + H2O One mol of Na2CO3 reacts with one mol of H2SO4. Results: The weight of my sodium carbonate crystals was 2.67g and the results of the titrations are as follows: Rough 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Initial Reading 00.00 00.50 00.00 00.00 00.00 00.00 00.20 Final Reading 26.45 26.45 26.05 27.00 25.85 25.90 26.10 Titration 26.45 25.95 26.05 27.00 25.85 25.90 25.90 pH slightly acidic neutral slightly acidic slightly acidic slightly alkali neutral neutral So the average of the closest three titration results are is: 25.95 + 25.90 + 25.90 / 3 = 25.92 The mass of Na2CO3 I used is 2.67g and the relative molecular mass of Na2CO3 is 106. So the number of mols of Na2CO3 I used was: 2.67 / 106 = 0.0251 mols in 250 cm3 So the concentration of the Na2CO3 solution was: 0.1004 mol dm-3. So in the 25cm3 of Na2CO3 solution I used, there were: 0.0251 / 10 = 0.00251 mols. The equation shows how 1 mol of Na2CO3 reacts with 1 mol of H2SO4, so 0.00251 mols of Na2CO3 reacts with 0.00251 mol of H2SO4. So in the 25.92 cm3 of acid I reacted with the Na2CO3 solution, there are 0.00251 mols. So the concentration of the acid is: ( 0.00251 / 25.92 ) x 1000 = 0.0968 mol dm-3 So the concentration of the acid is 0.0968 mol dm-3. Evaluation: There may have been some limiting factors during the experiment which may have affected the results. The first of these may have been the scales, it is possible that when I was weighing out my Na2CO3

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