[jcais]

Hello,

I was wondering if someone could help me solve this problem?

A common way to standardize NaOH is to tirate dry KHP. KHP is a 1-H acid, C8H5O4K that can be dried completely (all water removed). You begin an experiment to standardize a NaOH solution by weighing out 2.345 g of KHP. You put the KHP in a beaker, add some distilled H2O and indicator, and begin to titrate. You find that it takes 48.76 ml or .04876 L of NaOH to reach endpoint. What is the concentration of your NaOH solution?
aCaVa = bCbVb
I cannot find the Ca and the Va. I know I can find moles using the molec weight of KHP, but what good will this do me? Is the Va 0 ml b/c it is dry? I don't even know why C8H5O4K was added to the problem.

Thank you for your time.

[Borek]

Start with reaction equation.

And NEVER try to use the equation you don't understand. aCaVa=bCbVb may be right, but may be not.