Strong acids curves

Calculate the titration curve of a 0.01 M HC1 solution titrated with 0.01 M NaOH to verily the strong acid curve of Fig. 10.1. 

Features of the Curve The dotted curve in Figure 19.8 corresponds to the bottom half of the strong acid-strong base curve (Figure 19.7). There are four key points to note for the weak acid curve, and the first three differ from the strong acid curve. 

Figure C.15 Curve (a), titration of semi-strong acid curve (b), titration of HCl-...

Titrating Strong Acids and Strong Bases For our first titration curve let s consider the titration of 50.0 mb of 0.100 M HCl with 0.200 M NaOH. For the reaction of a strong base with a strong acid the only equilibrium reaction of importance is... 

Where Is the Equivalence Point We have already learned how to calculate the equivalence point for the titration of a strong acid with a strong base, and for the titration of a weak acid with a strong base. We also have learned to sketch a titration curve with a minimum of calculations. Can we also locate the equivalence point without performing any calculations The answer, as you may have guessed, is often yes ... 

Although not commonly used, thermometric titrations have one distinct advantage over methods based on the direct or indirect monitoring of plT. As discussed earlier, visual indicators and potentiometric titration curves are limited by the magnitude of the relevant equilibrium constants. For example, the titration of boric acid, ITaBOa, for which is 5.8 X 10 °, yields a poorly defined equivalence point (Figure 9.15a). The enthalpy of neutralization for boric acid with NaOlT, however, is only 23% less than that for a strong acid (-42.7 kj/mol... 

The acidity of a water sample is determined by titrating to fixed end points of 3.7 and 8.3, with the former providing a measure of the concentration of strong acid, and the latter a measure of the combined concentrations of strong acid and weak acid. Sketch a titration curve for a mixture of 0.10 M HCl and 0.10 M H2CO3 with 0.20 M strong base, and use it to justify the choice of these end points. 

Variation of pH of an H2C0g-HC03- buffer with addition of strong acid or base. Starting with one mole of both H2CO3 and HC03- at point A the curve to the left shows how pH decreases when H+ is added. The curve to the right shows how pH increases as 0H is added. 

Consider now what happens when HCI, a typical strong acid, is titrated with NaOH. Figure 14.5 (p. 395) shows how the pH changes during the titration. Two features of this curve are of particular importance ... 

With a knowledge of the pH at the stoichiometric point and also of the course of the neutralisation curve, it should be an easy matter to select the appropriate indicator for the titration of any diprotic acid for which K1/K2 is at least 104. For many diprotic acids, however, the two dissociation constants are too close together and it is not possible to differentiate between the two stages. If K 2 is not less than about 10 7, all the replaceable hydrogen may be titrated, e.g. sulphuric acid (primary stage — a strong acid), oxalic acid, malonic, succinic, and tartaric acids. 

Strong acid with a weak base. The titration of a strong acid with a moderately weak base (K sslO-5) may be illustrated by the neutralisation of dilute sulphuric acid by dilute ammonia solution [curves 1 and 3, Fig. 13.2(a)]. The first branch of the graph reflects the disappearance of the hydrogen ions during the neutralisation, but after the end point has been reached the graph becomes almost horizontal, since the excess aqueous ammonia is not appreciably ionised in the presence of ammonium sulphate. 

Weak acids with weak bases. The titration of a weak acid and a weak base can be readily carried out, and frequently it is preferable to employ this procedure rather than use a strong base. Curve (c) in Fig. 13.2 is the titration curve of 0.003 M acetic acid with 0.0973 M aqueous ammonia solution. The neutralisation curve up to the equivalence point is similar to that obtained with sodium hydroxide solution, since both sodium and ammonium acetates are strong electrolytes after the equivalence point an excess of aqueous ammonia solution has little effect upon the conductance, as its dissociation is depressed by the ammonium salt present in the solution. The advantages over the use of strong alkali are that the end point is easier to detect, and in dilute solution the influence of carbon dioxide may be neglected. 

Mixture of a strong add and a weak add with a strong base. Upon adding a strong base to a mixture of a strong acid and a weak acid (e.g. hydrochloric and acetic acids), the conductance falls until the strong acid is neutralised, then rises as the weak acid is converted into its salt, and finally rises more steeply as excess alkali is introduced. Such a titration curve is shown as S in Fig. 13.2(d). 

Determination of iron(III) in the presence of aluminium. Iron(III) (concentration ca 50 mg per 100 mL) can be determined in the presence of up to twice the amount of aluminium by photometric titration with EDTA in the presence of 5-sulphosalicylic acid (2 per cent aqueous solution) as indicator at pH 1.0 at a wavelength of 510 nm. The pH of a strongly acidic solution may be adjusted to the desired value with a concentrated solution of sodium acetate about 8-10 drops of the indicator solution are required. The spectrophotometric titration curve is of the form shown in Fig. 17.23. 

A plot of the pH of the analyte solution against the volume of titrant added during a titration is called a pH curve. The shape of the pH curve in Fig. 11.4 is typical of titrations in which a strong acid is added to a strong base. Initially, the pH falls slowly. Then, at the stoichiometric point, there is a sudden decrease in pH through 7. At this point, an indicator changes color or an automatic titrator responds electronically to the sudden change in pH. Titrations typically end at this point. However, if we were to continue the titration, we would find that the pH... 

Figure 11.5 shows a pH curve for a titration in which the analyte is a strong acid and the titrant is a strong base. This curve is the mirror image of the curve for the titration of a strong base with a strong acid. 

FIGURE 11.7 A typical pH curve for the titration of a weak base with a strong acid. The stoichiometric point (S) occurs at pH < 7 because the salt formed by the neutralization reaction has an acidic cation. 

Figures 11.6 and 11.7 show the different pH curves that arc found experimentally for these two types of titrations. Notice that the stoichiometric point does not occur at pH = 7. Moreover, although the pH changes reasonably sharply near the stoichiometric point, it does not change as abruptly as it does in a strong acid-strong base titration.

C18-0142. The amine group of an amino acid readily accepts a proton, and the protonated form of an amino acid can be viewed as a diprotic acid. The p Zg values for serine (H2 NCHRCO2 H, i = CH2 OH) are p ra(H3 N"") =9.1 and p (002 H) - 2.2. (a) What is the chemical formula of the species that forms when serine dissolves in pure water (b) If this species is titrated with strong acid, what reaction occurs (c) 10.00 mL of 1.00 M HCl is added to 200. mL of 0.0500 M serine solution. This mixture is then titrated with 0.500 M NaOH. Draw the titration curve, indicating the pH at various stages of this titration. 

In titrations we normally have to deal mainly with weak to fairly strong acids (or bases), so that for acids we can use the equation Ka = [H+ ] [A- ]/[HA] hence [H+] = KB [HA]/[A ]. When only a part X of the acids has been titrated, we find [H+ ] = Ka (1 - A)// this equation is approximately valid, because the salt formed is fully dissociated, whereas the dissociation of the remaining acid has been almost completely driven back. Hence for the pH curve we obtain the Henderson equation for acid titration ... 

In connection with the above, we shall still consider the pH curves of the displacement titrations, because in fact they represent a back-titration of an alkaline reacting salt (e.g., NaA) with a strong acid or of an acidic reacting salt (e.g., MX) with a strong base, so that in Fig. 2.19 the foregoing data of equivalence point and initial point are of direct application. 

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