5.7 - Titration Principles

Cards (6)

  • aims of titrations
    determine equation for the reaction
    determine concentration of an unknown substance
  • end point
    point at which colour change occurs showing that enough of the solution in the burette has been added to react with the chemical in the flask
  • equivalence point
    when the amount of reactant added from a burette is just enough to react exactly with all the measured amount of chemical in the flask
  • equation used for titration calculations
    concentration (mol dm-³) = number of moles ÷ volume (dm³)
  • back titrations
    used to find the number of moles of a substance by reacting it with an excess volume of reactant of known concentration
  • double indicator titrations
    titration with 2 different indicators
    happens in 2 stages, each represents exactly half of the overall reaction so each requires the same volume of acid from the burette