Experiment 3 – Titration of Antacids

Objectives:

Follow the example as given in the Experiment 1 guidelines, i.e. read through the procedure and
summarize in 1-2 sentences what exactly is being done in the experiment.

Procedure: As stated in lab manual.

Chemical equations: Look up/ Write the equations for the reactions between:

Part A:

▪ HCl and NaOH

Part B:

▪ HCl and magnesium carbonate

▪ HCl and magnesium hydroxide

Relevant equations and constants:

▪ Mr of magnesium carbonate
▪ Mr of magnesium hydroxide

Results:

Part A:

Standardization of NaOH with HCl:

1 2 3
Final burette reading/ mL
Initial burette reading/ mL
Volume of HCl used/ mL
Titre volume =
Part B:

Mass of each Antacid sample used:

1 2
Mass of sample vial + Antacid/ g
Mass of empty sample vial/ g
Mass of Antacid used/ g
(Once the analytical balance is used, record all masses to 4 decimal places.)

Table showing corresponding titre volumes of NaOH obtained for titration against each HCl-
Antacid sample:

1 2
Final burette reading/ mL
Initial burette reading/ mL
Volume of NaOH used/ mL
Mass of Antacid used/ g

Questions: (refer to lab manual)

The following is a guide to answering the questions in the manual:

Part A: Standardization of NaOH

1) Calculate the no. of mols. of HCl in the titre volume using the conc. of HCl provided.

2) Use the mole ratio from the titration equation to calculate the no. of mols. of NaOH that
reacted with the HCl.

3) This no. of mols. of NaOH is present in 25 mL of solution, so find the mols. in 1 dm3.

4) Refer to the properties of a primary standard as stated in the lab manual (or elsewhere) in
order to decide whether HCl is being used as a primary or secondary standard in this
experiment.
Part B: Determination of the percentage of magnesium carbonate and magnesium
hydroxide in Magnesia.

The following calculation must be done individually for each titre volume obtained and mass
of sample weighed out, i.e. DO NOT calculate an average titre volume as you did in Part A.

At the end of all the calculations, calculate the average % and this will be your final answer.

5) Calculate the no. of moles of HCl present in 50 mL of soln. using the conc. of HCl provided.

6) Calculate the no. of moles of NaOH in the titre volume using the conc. of NaOH found in Part
A.

7) Calculate the no. of mols. of HCl that reacted with the NaOH using the titration equation.

Then, find the no. of mols. of HCl that originally reacted with the antacid sample using:-

No. of mols. of HCl that reacted with the antacid sample =

No. of mols. of HCl in 50 mL – No. of mols. of HCl reacting with NaOH in the titration

8) Using the mole ratio from the equation between HCl and magnesium carbonate (or
magnesium hydroxide), calculate the no. of mols. of base present in the antacid.

9) Examine the molecular formula of the antacid given in the manual and deduce the proportion/
fraction of each base in the formula. Multiply your answer to question 8 by each of these
fractions to calculate the no. of mols. of each individual base (MgCO3 & Mg(OH)2) present in
the antacid.

10) Convert each no. of mols. calculated in question 9 to the mass of each base present.

11) The total mass of the 2 bases divided by the mass of antacid used in the experiment and
multiplied by 100 will give the % of base in the antacid sample.

Final answer: This will be the average of the % values from each calculation.

Conclusion:

State the concentration of NaOH calculated and the mass % of the base in the antacid calculated.