Essay about Neutralizing Acids and Bases

Purpose: The purpose of this experiment is to observe chemical changes in common consumer products to determine if the chemicals are basic, acidic, or remain neutral when mixed with other chemicals.

In order to find the pH of each household item by using pH paper, the pH paper was placed on the drop plate. Using the dropper, start by having the household item dropped onto the pH paper. Immediately observe in order to spot any colour changes on the pH paper. To determine the pH by using the pH scale and record the pH on your table of observations. Depending on what the pH is, it could be very acidic, basic or neutral. Repeat these steps for the other products.

3.0g of salicylic acid was weighed then 3.0mL of acetic anhydride and 6 drops of 85% H3PO4 were added to it. The mixture was warmed over a water bath for 5 minutes while stirring. After warming, 20 drops of distilled water was slowly added. 15mL of water was added then the solution was heated until it became clear. It was allowed to cool and was placed in an ice bath until the solution becomes cloudy. Using pre-weighed filter paper, the mixture was filtered and was allowed to dry in the filter paper.

In 2 and 7 I added 50 mL of .1 M NaCl. I added sodium acetate to the rest of the beakers: 1 gram to 3 and 8, 5 grams to 4 and 9, and 10 grams to 5 and 10. I then filled the beakers that contained the solid sodium acetate with 50 ml of .10 M acetic acid. Specifics can be found on page 84 of the lab manual. Though the lab manual instructed to use a pipet, we did not have an accurate 1 mL pipet or a graduated pipet, so we instead prepared two graduated burets with 1 M Sodium Hydroxide and 1 M hydrochloric acid. Using a standardized pH probe with a Lab Pro to measure changes in pH, we added 1 mL of HCl at a time and recorded the changes. The same was done for the NaOH.

I hypothesize that salicylic acid will react with acetic anhydride to produce acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) and acetic acid (vinegar).

In this assignment you will be asked to rank aqueous solutions of acids, bases, and salts in order of increasing pH. This is most easily done by first identifying the strong acids that have the lowest pH, the strong bases that have the highest pH, and the neutral solutions that have a pH near 7. The weak acids

When using different methods to measure pH levels there are some tools that can be useful. Some more than others but by putting into action the different methods it may determine which tools will work best and give the best results when testing the pH within a solution. The pH, which stands for the proportion of hydrogen ions in a solution, could be acidic (acidosis), neutral or basic (alkaline). The pH scale goes from numbers 1 through 14. A pH of 7 is neutral;

To start off the experiment 25mL of water was placed into a labeled beaker and tested for the pH using pH test strips. Next the antacid tablet was placed in the solution and timed for how long it took to dissolve the tablet. Finally the temperature was measured. This same process was repeated for the acidic solution, and finally for the basic solution. After each experiment the pH, the reaction time, and the temperature of the beaker were recorded into a table. For this experiment the independent variable was the substance used (acid, neutral or base), and the dependent variable was the reaction time of each substance. The constant conditions of this experiment included the amount of substance being used, and the placing of one antacid tablet into each beaker. The experimental group was the acidic and basic solution, and the control group was the neutral

My science fair topic will be measuring the acidic levels in different companies of water bottles such as Aquafina, Dasani, Evian, Fiji, Miami Dade Tap Water, Penta, Publix Spring Water, Smart Water, Smart Water, Volvic, Voss, and Zephyrhills. Bottled water has been tested for its ppm (parts per million) to measure the amount of particles inside the water. The pH scale is a measurement of how acidic or basic an aqueous solution is. The pH scale has a range of 0-14; numbers less than 7 are considered acidic and numbers greater than 7 are considered basic. An acidic pH level means that the solution has more free hydrogen ions, and a basic pH level means that the solution has more free hydroxyl ions. pH is reported in logarithmic units and an increase or decrease of one on the pH scale has a 10-fold change. The negative logarithmic of the hydrogen ion concentration calculates the pH level of a solution. This is why pH stands for the potential of hydrogen and it calculate din

2. Pour the hydrochloric acid solution into the calorimeter. Measure and record the initial temperature of each solution and record on your data table.

By using acid-base titration, we determined the suitability of phenolphthalein and methyl red as acid base indicators. We found that the equivalence point of the titration of hydrochloric acid with sodium hydroxide was not within the ph range of phenolphthalein's color range. The titration of acetic acid with sodium hydroxide resulted in an equivalence point out of the range of methyl red. And the titration of ammonia with hydrochloric acid had an equivalence point that was also out of the range of phenolphthalein.. The methyl red indicator and the phenolphthalein indicator were unsuitable because their pH ranges for their color changes did not cover the equivalence points of the trials in which they were used. However, the

3. A few drops of 6 M acetic acid were added until it became basic.

Approximately 8.8ml of sodium hydroxide will be required to neutralize 100ml of acetic acid. (http://schoolworkhelper.net/titration-of-vinegar-lab-answers/)

The styrofoam cups were used to store the acid (cup was labeled A) and base (cup was labeled B) prepare for them to be mixed. A lid was put on cup A and then the temperature probe was inserted to begin to measure the temperature

I predict that out of the 20 solutions that we are going to be testing, about 6 of them will be an acid, 3 will be neutral and 11 will be a base.