Experiment No.

Vinegar Analysis

Name: Padayao, Anna Katrina D. CM011L B9

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Prof. Elizabeth Espiritu Grades:

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 Experiment No.1

Vinegar Analysis

Objectives:

1. To determine the percent by mass of acetic acid in vinegar

 Report Form

Brand of Vinegar or unknown no. __B__

Trial 1 Trial 2
1. Mass of flask (g) ____ ____
2. Mass of flask + vinegar (g)
3. Mas of vinegar (g) 5.0g 5.0g
B. Analysis of vinegar sample
1. Buret reading of NaOH, initial(mL) 0.0mL 0.0mL
2. Buret reading of NaOh, final (mL) 18.7mL 15.8mL
3. Volume of NaOh (mL) 18.7mL 15.8mL
4. Molar Concentration of NaOh (mol/L) 0.10002 M
5. Moles of NaOH added (mol) 1.87 x 10-3mol 1.58 x 10-3mol
6. Moles of CH3COOH in vinegar (mol) 1.87 x 10-3mol 1.58 x 10-3mol
7. Mass of CH3COOHin vinegar (g) 0.112g 0.095g
8. Percent by mass of CH3COOH in 2.24% 1.90%
vinegar (%)
9. Average percent by mass of 2.07%
CH3COOH in vinegar (%)
Laboratory Questions:

1. Part A.2. A 20-mL volume of previously boiled, deionized water is added to the
Erlenmeyer flask to prepare the sample for titration. Explain why this volume is not critical
to the analysis.
The volume of the deionized water is not critical to the analysis because the deionized
would not change the amount of substance of acid you added in the solution.
2. Part A.2. Previously boiled, deionized water is unavailable. In a hurry to pursue the
analysis, deionized water (not boiled) is added. How does this attempt to expedite the
analysis affect the reported percent acetic acid in vinegar: too high, too low, or unaffected?
Explain.
Boiling the water removes any dissolved gases, like carbon dioxide or oxygen from the
water. These are molecular, and thus are not removed during the deionizing process, which
will report the percent acid in vinegar to be too high

3. Part A.2. and B.1. The 20 mL of water added to the Erlenmeyer flask is to be previously
boiled, deionized water. Since water does absorb CO2 from the atmosphere since CO2
dissolved in water causes it to be slightly acidic, will the use of deionized water that has
not been previously boiled cause the mass of acetic acid in the vinegar to be calculated as
too high or too low? Explain.
The mass of acetic acid in vinegar will be too low because the CO2 will cause the water to
be a little acidic which will interfere with the volume of NAOH and will make the
neutralization much faster because of the acid.

4. Part A.2
a. In determining the percent acetic acid in vinegar, the mass of each vinegar sample is
measured rather than the volume. Explain.
The mass is measured rather than the volume because the mass is used to find thepercent
acetic acid and not the volume
b. If the vinegar were measured volumetrically (e.g. a pipet), what additional piece of data
would be needed to complete the calculations for the experiment?
 The additional piece of data would be the mass of what the vinegar is being measured in.
5. Part A.3. The buret is filled with the NaOH titrant and the initial volume reading is
immediately recorded without waiting the 10-15 seconds. However in Part B.1, the 10-15
second time lapse does occur before the reading is made. Does this technique error result
in an increase, a decrease, or have no effect on the reported percent acetic acid in the
vinegar? Explain.
This technique allows for the titrant to drain from the wall for accurate reading. If the initial
volume is recorded immediately it will result in an increase on the reported percent acetic
acid in the vinegar
6. Part B.1. The endpoint of the titration is overshot! Does this technique error result in an
increase, a decrease, or have no effect on the reported percent acetic acid in the vinegar?
Explain.
If there is more base than there should be, then more acid would have been necessary to
neutralize it. So the calculated percent will be higher than the actual sample had
7. Part B.1. The wall of the flask is periodically rinsed with the previously boiled, deionized
water from the ash bottle. Does this titrimetric technique result in an increase, a decrease,
or have no effect on the reported percent acetic acid in the vinegar? Explain.
It will have no effect on the report, it will even make it more accurate

8. Part B.1.A drop of NaOH titrant, dispensed from the buret, adheres to the wall of the
Erlenmeyer flask but is not washed into vinegar with the wash bottle. Does this error in
technique result in the reported percent of acetic acid being too high, too low, or
unaffected? Explain.
The drop will still be counted and if not washed to the acid, it will have no effect on it
therefore one more drop is needed. Since there is more base needed to neutralize the acid,
higher percent will be reported
Answers:
 Conclusion & Recommendation
From the experiment, it can be concluded that the molarity of acetic acid in the vinegar is
0.10002 M by using the molarity formula. The percent by mass of acetic acid in vinegar is 2.24%
with the mass of acetic acid is 0.112g.