Neutralization Reactions and Titrations

Neutralization Reaction

a double replacement reaction between an acid and a base to produce water and a salt (an ionic compound)

Titration

a procedure in which a solution of known concentration is used to determine the concentration of an unknown solution.

The solution of known concentration is also referred to ______

as the standard solution

A known quantity of one solution is measured out, and the other solution is added from the buret until ______

the two solutions have neutralized each other

Endpoint of a Titration

• the point at which two solutions have neutralized each other

• occurs when you have added just enough of the one solution to completely react with the other solution

An indicator is _____

used to mark the endpoint of the titration

Phenolphthalein

• an indicator often used in acid-base titrations

• it is colorless in acid and pink in base