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Dissolve 2.0 g of the unknown monobasic acid sample in 100 ml of water. A 20 ml portion of this solution requires 15 ml of 0.12 M NaOH solution to reach the titrations equivalence point. If the molecular mass of the acid is 122 g/mol, determine the purity (%) of the acid.

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Compare the theoretical consumption with the real one.
Calculate the moles you used and the moles of the NaOH react.
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Solution:

The titration calculations for NaOH:

For 20 ml acid solution: 15 ml 0.12 mol NaOH required

So, the number of base equivalents = 0.12 × 0.015 = 1.8 × 10⁻³ equivalent

So, in 20 ml of acidic solution 1.80 x 10⁻³ equivalent of acids

Therefore molarity of acid = 9 × 10⁻³ equivalent,

In a 2 g sample:

Acid mass = 9 × 10⁻³ × 122 = 1.098 g

% Purity = 1.098/2 × 100 = 54.9%
This is weak acid strong base titration.
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Correct.
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The answer is written above.
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Dhamnekar Winod wrote: Mon Aug 23, 2021 1:41 am Dissolve 2.0 g of the unknown monobasic acid sample in 100 ml of water. A 20 ml portion of this solution requires 15 ml of 0.12 M NaOH solution to reach the titrations equivalence point. If the molecular mass of the acid is 122 g/mol, determine the purity (%) of the acid.

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To determine the purity of the unknown monobasic acid sample, you can follow these steps:

Calculate the number of moles of NaOH used: Since 20 mL of the unknown acid solution required 15 mL of 0.12 M NaOH to reach the titration equivalence point, you can calculate the moles of NaOH used:

Moles of NaOH = (0.12 moles/L) x (0.015 L) = 0.0018 moles

Determine the number of moles of acid: Since the balanced chemical equation for the reaction between the acid and NaOH is 1:1, the moles of the acid are also 0.0018 moles.

Calculate the mass of the acid: To find the mass of the acid, you can use the formula:

Mass (g) = Moles x Molecular Mass

Mass (g) = 0.0018 moles x 122 g/mol = 0.2196 g

Calculate the purity of the acid: To find the purity percentage, divide the mass of the pure acid by the mass of the sample (2.0 g) and multiply by 100:

Purity (%) = (0.2196 g / 2.0 g) x 100% ≈ 10.98%

So, the purity of the unknown monobasic acid sample is approximately 10.98%.
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No, you forget only a sample of 20 ml was titrated. The whole sample is 100 ml. So you have to multiply your result times 5. The solution was already given above.
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To clarify, if the concentration of sulfuric acid in the 20 ml titrated portion was determined to be, for example, 0.1 M, then the concentration of sulfuric acid in the whole 100 ml sample would be 0.1 M multiplied by 5, resulting in a concentration of 0.5 M.
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No, the concentration in the 20 ml is 0,1 M = 0,1 mol/l , so in 100 ml its also 0,1 M. Concentration will not change if a small amount is taken out of a bigger volume. But it was original 2g unknown acid dissolved in 100 ml. 20 ml means 1/5 was titrated. To get the whole mass of the dissolved acid it has to be multiplied by 5.
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