Equivalence point of titration

In some cases, potentiometry can also be performed with electrodes at which a -> mixed potential is measured. In these cases careful calibration is needed, or the electrodes are only used to monitor the equivalence point of titration by providing a certain characteristic inlection point f. 

Photometric and spectrophotometric measurements are useful for locating the equivalence points of titrations. This application of absorption measurements requires that one or more of the reactants or products absorb radiation or that an absorbing indicator be added to the analyte solution. 

Show that the following data support the suggestion that the intermediate species, found at the first equivalence point of titrations of aliphatic amino acids with NaOH, is the charge separated zwitterion. 

Hydrodynamic voltammetry can be used to estimate the equivalence point of titrations if at least one of the... 

Use indicator with color change close to theoretical pH at equivalence point of titration End point has greatest slope ApH/AV is maximum... 

Hydrodynamic voltammetry can be used to estimate the equivalence point of titrations if at least one of the participants or products of the reaction involved is oxidized or reduced at a working electrode. Here, the current at some fixed potential in the limiting-current region is measured as a function of the reagent volume... 

Concentration is not the only property that may be used to construct a titration curve. Other parameters, such as temperature or the absorbance of light, may be used if they show a significant change in value at the equivalence point. Many titration reactions, for example, are exothermic. As the titrant and analyte react, the temperature of the system steadily increases. Once the titration is complete, further additions of titrant do not produce as exothermic a response, and the change in temperature levels off. A typical titration curve of temperature versus volume of titrant is shown in Figure 9.3. The titration curve contains two linear segments, the intersection of which marks the equivalence point. 

The equivalence point of a complexation titration occurs when stoichiometri-cally equivalent amounts of analyte and titrant have reacted. For titrations involving metal ions and EDTA, the equivalence point occurs when Cm and Cedxa are equal and may be located visually by looking for the titration curve s inflection point. 

Before the equivalence point the titration mixture consists of appreciable quantities of both the oxidized and reduced forms of the analyte, but very little unreacted titrant. The potential, therefore, is best calculated using the Nernst equation for the analyte s half-reaction... 

The equivalence point of a redox titration occurs when stoichiometrically equivalent amounts of analyte and titrant react. As with other titrations, any difference between the equivalence point and the end point is a determinate source of error. 

After the equivalence point, the titration mixture contains excess Agi". The concentration of Agi" after adding 35.0 mL of titrant is... 

Potcntiomctric Titrations In Chapter 9 we noted that one method for determining the equivalence point of an acid-base titration is to follow the change in pH with a pH electrode. The potentiometric determination of equivalence points is feasible for acid-base, complexation, redox, and precipitation titrations, as well as for titrations in aqueous and nonaqueous solvents. Acid-base, complexation, and precipitation potentiometric titrations are usually monitored with an ion-selective electrode that is selective for the analyte, although an electrode that is selective for the titrant or a reaction product also can be used. A redox electrode, such as a Pt wire, and a reference electrode are used for potentiometric redox titrations. More details about potentiometric titrations are found in Chapter 9. 

As pointed out in Chapter 4, an acid-base indicator is useful in determining the equivalence point of an acid-base titration. This is the point at which reaction is complete equivalent quantities of acid and base have reacted. If the indicator is chosen properly, the point at which it changes color (its end point) coincides with the equivalence point To understand how and why an indicator changes color, we need to understand the equilibrium principle involved. 

A number of commercial titrators are available in which the electrical measuring unit is coupled to a chart recorder to produce directly a titration curve, and by linking the delivery of titrant from the burette to the movement of the recorder chart, an auto-titrator is produced. It is possible to stop the delivery of the titrant when the indicator electrode attains the potential corresponding to the equivalence point of the particular titration this is a feature of some importance when a number of repetitive titrations have to be performed. Many such instruments are controlled by a microprocessor so that the whole titration procedure is, to a large extent, automated. In addition to the normal titration curve, such instruments will also plot the first-derivative curve (AE/AV), the second-derivative curve (A2 E/AV2), and will provide a Gran s plot (Section 15.18). 

Solutions as dilute as 0.001 M with respect to sulphate may be titrated with 0.01 M lead nitrate solution in a medium containing 30 per cent ethanol with reasonable accuracy. For solutions 0.01 M or higher in sulphate the best results are obtained in a medium containing about 20 per cent ethanol. The object of the alcohol is to reduce the solubility of the lead sulphate and thus minimise the magnitude of the rounded portion of the titration curve in the vicinity of the equivalence point. The titration is performed in the absence of oxygen at a... 

Within the first buffer region, both H2 A and RA are major species in solution, and we can apply the buffer equation to caicuiate the pH. Haifway to the first equivalence point of the titration [H2 A] — [H A ] and pH pTai = 1.82. 

In a titration, one solution is added slowly to the other until the equivalence point is reached. At the equivalence point of a neutralization reaction, the moles of acid and moles of base are equal. An indicator, placed in the reaction mixture, tells you by means of a color change, when the equivalence point has been reached. Your experimental data—the volume and molarity of the standard solution and the volume of the unknown acid or base solution—are all that you need to calculate the molarity of the unknown acid or base. 

Subsequently, Bos and Dahmen used in m-cresol65 (e = 12.29 at 25° C) a potentiometric titration method combined with conductometry. Essential precautions were the preparation of water-free m-cresol (<0.01% of water), the use of a genuine Bronsted base B, e.g., tetramethylguanidine (TMG), and the application of a glass electrode combined with an Ag-AgCl reference electrode filled with a saturated solution of Me4NCl in m-cresol. The ion product of the self-dissociation of m-cresol, Ks, was determined from the part beyond the equivalence point of the potentiometric titration curve of HBr with TMG comparison with titration curves calculated with various Ka values showed the best fit for Ks = 2 10 19... 

In a titration, the equivalence point is the point at which chemically equivalent amounts of reactants have reacted, whereas the end point is the point at which an indicator changes color and a titration should be stopped. So, a chemist needs to be careful when choosing an indicator in an acid-base reaction, to be certain that the pH at which the indicator changes color is close to the pH at the equivalence point of the titration. 

At the equivalence point (pH = 7 at the equivalence point of a strong acid-strong base titration) ... 

We determine the volume of 0.01000 M Ba(OH)2 to reach the equivalence point. The titration reaction is ... 

To reach the second equivalence point means titrating 0.550 mmol H2P04, which requires an additional volume of titrant given by... 

In an acid-base titration you may either add acid to base or base to acid. This addition continues until there is some indication that the reaction is complete. Often a chemical known as an indicator will indicate the endpoint of a titration reaction, the experimental end of the titration. If we perform the experiment well, the endpoint should closely match the equivalence point of the titration, the theoretical end of the reaction. All the calculations in this section assume accurate experimental determination of the endpoint, and that this value is the same as the equivalence point. 

The addition of titrant from the buret must be stopped at precisely the correct moment—the moment at which the last trace of substance titrated is consumed by a fraction of a drop of titrant added, so that the correct volume can be read on the buret. That exact moment is called the equivalence point of the titration. In order to detect the equivalence point, an indicator is often used. An indicator is a substance added to the reaction flask ahead of time in order to cause a color change at or near the equivalence point, i.e., to provide a visual indication of the equivalence point. For example, the use of a chemical named phenolphthalein as an indicator for a titration in which a strong base is used as the titrant and an acid as the substance titrated would give a color change of colorless to pink in the reaction flask near the equivalence point. The color change occurring near, not exactly at, the equivalence point is usually not a concern. The reason will become clear in a later discussion. The point of a titration at which an indicator changes color, the visual indication of the equivalence point, is called the end point of the titration. As we will see, equivalence points can be determined in other ways too. 

At the equivalence point of a titration, exact stoichiometric amounts of the reactants have reacted, i.e., the amount of titrant added is the exact amount required to consume the amount of substance titrated in the reaction flask. If the reaction is one-to-one in terms of moles (moles of titrant equals the moles of substance titrated, as is the case for the reaction represented by Equation (4.4), for example), then the moles of titrant added equals the moles of substance titrated consumed ... 

Some analysts prefer to work with equivalents rather than moles. In that case, the normality method of expressing concentration is used and the equivalent weight is needed, rather than the formula weight. The equivalent weight of one substance reacts with the equivalent weight of the other substance. In other words, the reaction is always one-to-one one equivalent of one substance always reacts with one equivalent of the other. Thus, we can write the following as a true statement at the equivalence point of the titration ... 

The volume of titrant added at the equivalence point of a titration can be accurately determined by plotting the first and second derivatives of the titration curve. A first derivative is a plot of the rate of change of the pH, ApH, vs. milliliters of titrant, and the second derivative is a plot of the rate of change of the first derivative, A(ApH), vs. milliliters of titrant. The plot in the center is the first derivative of the titration curve on the left, and the plot on the right is the second derivative. The rate of change of the curve on the left is a maximum at the midpoint of the inflection point, so the maximum on the first derivative coincides with this point, which is the equivalence point of the titration. Similarly, the rate of change is zero at the maximum of the curve in the center, so the equivalence point is also the point where the second derivative crosses zero. Thus, the equivalence point is the milliliters of titrant at the peak of the first derivative and the milliliters of titrant at the point where the line crosses zero for the second derivative. The second derivative provides the most precise measurement of the equivalence point. 

The equivalence point of an acid—base titration is the point at which the moles of H+ from the acid equals the moles of OH- from the base. The endpoint is the point at which the indicator changes color, indicating the equivalence point. 

What is the equivalence point of a titration 4. When the solid acid dissolves to form ions, how... 

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