NORMALITY ACID, N

Vs SAMPLE VOL
Ve VOL ACID AT F1 = 0
Ve VOL ACID AT F1 = 0
TOTAL ALKALINITY

0.02098
200
1.95
1.95
10.2

mL
GRAPHICAL INTERPOLATION
INTERCEPT METHOD
mg/L CaCO3

METHOD
1. ENTER Vt & pH DATA INTO TABLE
2. ENTER NORMALITY OF ACID & SAMPLE VOLUME, Vs
3. Ve IS CALCULATED FROM INTERCEPT AUTOMATICALLY FOR

Vt,
mL

pH

0.00
0.54
0.94
1.36
1.74
2.25
2.37
2.82
3.24
3.90
4.37

6.97
6.66
6.33
5.97
5.47
4.56
4.43
4.13
3.95
3.78
3.68

F1
10 .(Vs+Vt)
-pH

0.000021
0.000044
0.000094
0.000216
0.000684
0.005570
0.007519
0.015035
0.022804
0.033839
0.042699

DATA RANGE SHOWN COLOURED. USE ONLY DATA FOR pH VALUES < 4.5
4. ALTERNATIVELY, PLOT ALL F1 V Vt & THEN DETERMINE Ve

GRAN FUNCTION, F1

FROM LINEAR PART OF GRAN PLOT

0.045000

GRAN PLOT: MELBOURNE TAP-WATER (MULGRAVE)

0.040000
0.035000
0.030000
0.025000
0.020000
0.015000

Ve = 1.95 mL

0.010000
0.005000
0.000000
2.00

2.50

3.00

3.50
VOLUME ACID, mL

4.00

4.50

5.00