A student neutralises sodium hydroxide with dilute sulfuric acid in a titration experiment.
Look at the student's method for her experiment.
Describe and explain one improvement the student should make to her method to get a more accurate titration result.
The student repeats the experiment four times.
Look at the student's results.
| Titration number | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volume of acid (cm3\text{cm}^3cm3) | 22.40 | 20.05 | 19.95 | 20.00 |
Calculate the accurate volume of the acid that reacts with the alkali.
Look at the equation for the reaction between sulfuric acid and sodium hydroxide.
H2SO4+2NaOH→Na2SO4+2H2O\text{H}_2\text{SO}_4 + 2\text{NaOH} \rightarrow \text{Na}_2\text{SO}_4 + 2\text{H}_2\text{O}H2SO4+2NaOH→Na2SO4+2H2O
Use your answer from part (b)(i) to calculate the concentration of the dilute sulfuric acid, H2SO4\text{H}_2\text{SO}_4H2SO4, that reacted with the 25.0 cm325.0\text{ cm}^325.0 cm3 of 0.160 mol/dm30.160\text{ mol/dm}^30.160 mol/dm3 sodium hydroxide.
Give your answer to 3 significant figures.