Question

The following acid-base indicators are available to follow the titration. Which of them would be most appropriate for signaling the endpoint of the titration? EXPLAIN

------- COLOR CHANGE ------
INDICATOR <-> Acid form <-> Base Form <-> pH Transition Interval

Bromphenol blue <-> yellow <-> blue <-> 3.0-5.0

Bromthymol blue <->yellow <-> blue <-> 6.0-7.6

Thymol blue <-> yellow <-> blue <-> 8.0-9.6


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Answer 1

What are you titrating? It makes a difference. Look up or calculate the approximate pH for the equivalence point; pick the indicator from that.

Answer 2

it says the titration of 0.145g of a weak acid with 0.100M NaOH as the titrant

Answer 3

A weak acid titrated with a strong base has an equivalence point of about 8.7 or so; therefore, you want to use an indicator that changes color as close to 8.7 as possible. (The average of 8.0 and 9.6 is 8.8) There is only one indicator in your list that comes close. Given a choice, I would choose phenolphthalein which has a range of about 8 to 10 for a mid point of ab out 9.

Answer 4

THANX. but did u guess 8.7 or did u calculate it? if so could u show howw???

Answer 5

I did not guess. You said a weak acid and NaOH so I picked acetic acid (which I will call HAc) with NaOH. I used 0.1M HAc and titrated with 0.1M NaOH. At the equivalence point we will have 0.05M NaAc which is hydrolyzed in the water solution.
...........Ac^= + HOH ==> HAc + OH^-
initial....0.05M...........x.....x
change.....-x..............x......x
equil....0.05-x..........x.......x
Kb for the Ac^- = (Kw/Ka for HAc) = (x)(x)/(0.05)
Ka is 1.8E-5, Kw is 1E-14 and I obtained 5.27E-6 = x = (OH^-). I converted that to pOH and stuck it into pH + pOH = pKw = 14 and pH = 8.72.
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Answer 6

thank u and next time i will show some work