I had conducted an experiment to figure out the percent by mass of baking soda in a mixture by titration. I had to standardize 1.0M HCl. Through the standardization process and the titration curve of the primary standard and the HCl, the molarity has to be found, but is this step really necessary since the molarity of Hcl is 1.0M?

Answer 1

Yes, unless you were told that the HCl you had was 1.000 M. Usually you are given instructions for preparing 1M HCl but those instructions only get a solution that is close to being 1.00M. You must standardize to find out EXACTLY what it is such as 0.1011M or 0.09876M