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Question 4
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A student neutralises sodium hydroxide with dilute sulfuric acid in a titration experiment.

a.

Look at the student's method for her experiment.

  • Measure 25.0 cm325.0\text{ cm}^325.0 cm3 of 0.160 mol/dm30.160\text{ mol/dm}^30.160 mol/dm3 sodium hydroxide into a conical flask using a pipette.
  • Add a few drops of universal indicator to the sodium hydroxide.
  • Fill the burette to above the 0.00 cm30.00\text{ cm}^30.00 cm3 line with dilute sulfuric acid.
  • Quickly add the dilute sulfuric acid to the sodium hydroxide until the indicator changes colour.
  • Repeat the experiment.

Describe and explain one improvement the student should make to her method to get a more accurate titration result.

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b.

The student repeats the experiment four times.

Look at the student's results.

Titration number1234
Volume of acid (cm3\text{cm}^3cm3)22.4020.0519.9520.00

Calculate the accurate volume of the acid that reacts with the alkali.

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c.

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}H2​SO4​+2NaOH→Na2​SO4​+2H2​O

Use your answer from part (b)(i) to calculate the concentration of the dilute sulfuric acid, H2SO4\text{H}_2\text{SO}_4H2​SO4​, 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.

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