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3. What would the titration curve look like if 0.10 M NaOH were in the flask and 0.10 M HCl were in the buret? Make a rough sketch to illustrate your answer.
11. Biochemists and biologists often use the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation in working with buffers. When an acid solution is half-neutralized, half of the HA has been converted to A , and half of it is still in the form of HA. Therefore [HA] = [A ]. What happens to the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation when [HA] equals [A ]? How is it simplified?
3) Titration is a method of determining the unknown molarity of a solution by adding enough acid or base of known molarity to neutralize it.
In an acid-base titration, a solution containing a known concentration of base is slowly added to an acid (or the acid is added to the base). Acid-base indicators can be used to signal the equivalence point of a titration (the point at which stoichiometrically equivalent quantities of acid and base have been brought together). Alternatively, a pH meter can be used to monitor the progress of the reaction producing a pH titration curve, a graph of the pH as a function of the volume of the added titrant. The shape of the titration curve makes it possible to determine the equivalence point in the titration. The titration curve can also be used to select suitable indicators and to determine the Ka of the weak acid or the Kb of the weak base being titrated.
The titration curve produced when a strong base is added to a strong acid has the general shape shown in Figure This curve depicts the pH change that occurs as 0.100 M NaOH is added to 50.0 mL of 0.100 M HCl. The pH can be calculated at various stages of the titration.