4.6 Introduction to Titration

What are titrations used for?

Determining the concentration of an analyte in solution

What does the titrant have?

A known concentration of a species

What does the known concentration of a species in the titrant do?

React specifically and quantitatively with the analyte

When does the equivalence point of a titration occur?

When the analyte is totally consumed by the reacting species in the titrant

What is the equivalence point often indicated by?

A change in a property that occurs when the equivalence point is reached

Example of a change in property that indicates when the equivalence point is reached:

Change in color

What is the observable change in property that occurs when the equivalence point is reached called?

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