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Titration - calculating concentration
« on: June 05, 2015, 01:28:21 AM »
I'm seriously stuck with this question:

In a titration a student pipettes 25.00 mL of nitric acid into his flask. It takes 20.63 mL of 0.346 M potassium hydroxide to reach the equivalence point. Calculate the concentration of the nitric acid in mol/L?

Could you please explain step by step how to work this out?

Need to know how to do it quiet urgently!

Thank you :)
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Re: TRITRATION - CALCULATING CONCENTRATION ??
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2015, 02:06:24 AM »
I'm seriously stuck with this question:

In a titration a student pipettes 25.00 mL of nitric acid into his flask. It takes 20.63 mL of 0.346 M potassium hydroxide to reach the equivalence point. Calculate the concentration of the nitric acid in mol/L?

Could you please explain step by step how to work this out?

Need to know how to do it quiet urgently!

Thank you :)

What is the balanced equation for the reaction that takes place?

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Re: TRITRATION - CALCULATING CONCENTRATION ??
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2015, 03:07:53 AM »
Please read the forum rules.

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Re: TRITRATION - CALCULATING CONCENTRATION ??
« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2015, 04:04:34 AM »
The balanced equation would be:

HNO3 + KOH -> KNO3 + H20??

Therefore thats a one to one reaction so does that mean that the number of moles of KNO3 =  number of moles HNO3?

Therefore:

KNO3 Concentration = c = 0.346 M because M means molarity right?


But then im confused because i have tried multiple ways but nothing is correct :(


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Re: TRITRATION - CALCULATING CONCENTRATION ??
« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2015, 04:08:47 AM »
No.

Calculate the moles of the KOH . These have to be equal to HNO3. Then combine this to the given volume of the acid.

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