Titration is a technique that helps determine concentration of an unknown acid or base. The reactions are called neutralization reactions, but don't actually form neutral solutions.
When titrating, the solution in the buret is the titrant and it always has a known concentration.
This solution then is combined with a solution called the analyte, which has an unknown concentration.
To know when the chemical reaction is complete, look for a color change in the analyte due to an indicator that is pH sensitive.
Once the analyte changes color, the endpoint has been reached.
Given all of the volumes and concentrations that we know, we can then calculate the concentration of the unknown.
This post was very helpful. It really helped on the last page of the test where we had to identify the different things in a titration.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with Leva, this post was very helpful. I was absent the first couple of days we did the lab that had to do with titration so this really helped explain the stuff that I missed.
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