Required Practical 2: Carrying out a Titration

1. Use a pipette to transfer 25cm cubed of sodium hydroxide solution into a conical flask (dont blow it out)

2. Add 5 drops of indicator such as methyl orange to the alkali in the conical flask

3. Place the conical flask on a white tile so we can see a colour change more clearly

4. Fill a burette with sulfric acid

5. Add acid to the alkali until the solution is neutral. We need to add just enough acid for this to happen. Once we start to see a colour change, add the acid drop by drop until the solution is neutral. It is important to swirl the solution to make sure the acid and alkali mix

6. Read the volume of acid added from the burette (Make sure you eye is level with the surface of the liquid, it has a curve called the meniscus. Make sure to read the bottom of it)

We repeat until we get 2 readings of 0.1cm cubed difference