Acidity Lab Report

Objective:
The objective of this
lab was to apply By: Jake Ball
skills learned in class Lab Partners: Gillian Ward, Rylee Kopchak, Sophia
by finding the Whitesel
equivalence points Course: AP Chemistry
and titration curves Due: October 28
of pineapple and Teacher: Mrs. Haberman
orange juice.

Procedure:
1 Put on safety goggles
2 Set a buret onto a ring stand and place a beaker below it
3 Measure 10 mL of Pineapple Juice and pour it into the beaker
4 Choose a previously determined indicator and place two drops of it into the juice
5 Pour 40 mL of NaOH into the buret
6 Add 0.5mL of NaOH from the buret to the beaker
7 Repeat previous step, recording the pH each time, until all 40 mL have been
added (take special note of the equivalence point)
8 Repeat steps 3-7 using Orange Juice

Results:
Calculations
0.0200LNaOH*0.100mol/LNaOH=0.00200molNaOH
0.00200mloNaOh*(1molCitric Acid/3molNaOH)=0.000667molCitric Acid
6.67x10-4molCitric Acid*192g/molCitric Acid=0.128gCitric Acid
0.128gCitric Acid/10mL Pineapple Juice*177mLPineapple Juice=2.27mLCitric Acid
2.27mL of Citric Acid in one can of Pineapple Juice

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 Pineapple Juice Titration Curve Check
12

10

pH 6

0
8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22

Volume

Pinapple Juice Titration Curve

14
12
10
8
pH 6
4
2
0
5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45

Volume

Orange Juice Titration Curve

14
12
10
8
pH 6
4
2
0
5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45

Volume
The preceding data tables show the values of pH collected in the experiment at each mL
or half-mL in both solutions. This data also shows a third table containing the results of a
second titration of pineapple juice that yielded slightly different results. These data tables
also show the equivalence points of each solution by marking that specific point with an
EP. In addition, Titration curves were made for each test, and are also shown above. On
these curves, the equivalence points were marked in red to show their significance.

Conclusion:
In conclusion, the scientists were ultimately successful in finding specific
equivalence points and creating accurate titration curves.