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Lab Coat, Safety Goggles And Latex Gloves

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Before starting this practical ensure you have sufficient PPE including lab coat, safety goggles and latex gloves. First prepare your titrant 100ml 1.0M solution of NaOH by using the top-pan balance and spatula to accurately weigh out 4g of NaOH crystals into the weighing boat. Then place the 4g of NaOH into the 250ml conical flask, add 100ml of deionised water and stir thoroughly using the magnetic stirrer. Next prepare your analyte solution of acetic acid (unknown concentration). Use the 25ml measuring cylinder to measure out 25ml of acetic acid and carefully pour into the 100ml conical flask, then using the Pasteur pipette add 3 drops of phenolphthalein (pH indicator) to the acetic acid. Next prepare your burette for use by rinsing through with distilled water catching the runoff water in the waste beaker. Once clean, use the funnel to carefully pour the 100ml 1.0M NaOH solution into the top of the burette (making sure the stopcock is closed and there are no air bubbles) filling as accurately to 0.00 as possible. If not starting on 0.00 then record actual level as your starting point. Now place the conical flask containing the 25ml of acetic acid under the burette and slowly open the stopcock allowing for a steady controlled flow of NaOH into the acetic acid. Ensure you swirl the flask containing the acetic acid as the NaOH is added. As you approach the equivalence point slow down the flow of NaOH to drop by drop. The equivalence point is the point at which the

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