Titration of a vinegar with an indicator

Ten millilitres of vinegar diluted ten times, two drops of phenolphthalein, and sodium hydroxide at 0.100 mol/L in the burette. The indicator stays colourless while acid remains and turns pink the moment the base is in excess: that drop is the equivalence.

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Step 1 of 11
  1. 1
    Get ready

    Goggles and gloves: sodium hydroxide at 0.1 mol/L is corrosive to the eyes.

  2. 2
    Fill the burette
  3. 3
    Predict the colour
  4. 4
    Deliver 10 mL
  5. 5
    What do you see at 10 mL?
  6. 6
    Find the turn
  7. 7
    The equivalence
  8. 8
    Read Veq
  9. 9
    From Veq to the vinegar
  10. 10
    Why phenolphthalein?
  11. 11
    Titration done

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