Titration Calculations & Answers
1. Use the information to determine the concentration of the hydrochloric acid.
• A 25 cm3 sample of hydrochloric acid is sucked into a pipette and transferred into a
250 cm3 volumetric flask. The solution is made up to the mark.
• 25 cm3 of the diluted acid is transferred into a conical flask using a pipette.
• A burette is used to neutralise the acid with 0.1 mol dm-3 sodium hydroxide.
Hydrochloric acid reacts with sodium hydroxide according to the equation:
HCl(aq) + NaOH(aq) ➔ NaCl(aq) + H2O(l)
a. The average titre of the sodium hydroxide solution was 30.00 cm3. Calculate the
number of moles in the average titre.
n = c x (v/1000) = 0.100 x (30.00/1000) = 0.003 mol (1)
0.003 mol (1)
b. Determine the number of moles in the diluted sample of hydrochloric acid, and
hence the concentration of the diluted acid.
Moles in diluted sample = 0.003 mol (1)
c = n/(v/1000) = 0.003/(25/1000) = 0.12 mol dm-3 (1)
0.12 mol dm-3 (2)
c. Calculate the concentration of the undiluted hydrochloric acid in mol dm-3.
Dilution = 250/25 = 10
10 x 0.003 = 0.12 mol dm-3 = 1.2 mol dm-3 (1)
1.2 mol dm-3 (1)
d. Calculate the concentration of the hydrochloric acid in g dm-3.
Mr = 1 + 35.5 = 36.5 (1)
m = n x Mr = 1.2 x 36.5 = 43.8 g dm-3 (1)
43.8 g dm-3 (2)