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Offline gleeman

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Phosphoric Acid triprotic
« on: January 21, 2008, 11:38:16 AM »
How would you test is the acid in question triprotic experimentally?  ???

I have been thinking of titrating the acid first with NaOH and checking the endpoint.
I think that there are some differences in the substances formed depending on the amount of hydrogens.

The  reactions known are the following:

    H3PO4(s)   + H2O(l) ⇌ H3O+(aq) + H2PO4–(aq)       Ka1= 7.5×10−3

    H2PO4–(aq)+ H2O(l) ⇌ H3O+(aq) + HPO42–(aq)       Ka2= 6.2×10−8

    HPO42–(aq)+ H2O(l) ⇌ H3O+(aq) +  PO43–(aq)        Ka3= 2.14×10−13

But above all, is it possible to test the type of acid through the titration with strong base NaOH?

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Re: Phosphoric Acid triprotic
« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2008, 12:14:16 PM »
Not quite sure.

Judging the end point of titration involving weak acid and a strong base is tricky.

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Re: Phosphoric Acid triprotic
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2008, 12:31:11 PM »
Only two endpoints visible when titrating in water.

You should check mass of chemical equivalents in different reactions or determine molar mass using some other method.
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