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    Name: ________Thandeka Ngcamu_____________________________

    Student Number: __________222030089___________________

    Date experiment was performed: _____08 September 2023___________

    Laboratory Report for Experiment 6


    Dissociation Constant of Acetic Acid from Measurements of Electrical
    Conductivity

    Aim:

    This experiment is conducted to determine dissociation constan40of acetic acid by measuring


    electrical Conductivity hence molar conductivity

    Flow Chart:

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    Results:

    Molarity of standard NaOH provided/mol dm-3:_____0.1001


    M______________________
    Temperature:____24.9 o__________________

    Standardisation of approximately 0.1 mol dm-3 acetic acid solution:


    Titration No. 1 2 3 4
    Aliquot of acetic 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00
    acid/_mL____
    Initial burette 0.00 21.00 18.50 20.00
    reading/_mL___
    _
    Final burette 21.00 41.90 39.40 40.90
    reading/_mL___
    _
    Volume 21.00 20.00 20.90 20.90
    delivered/_mL__
    __

    Calculation of exact molarity of acetic acid:


    Average volume delivered = 0.0207 L
    NaOH + CH3COOH  CH3COONa + H2O
    Mol ratio 1:1

    Moles of NaOH = MNaOH ×VNaOH


    =0,1001 M× 0.0207 L
    =0.00207 mol

    Therefore molarity of CH3COOH =n/V


    =0.00207/0.0207
    =0.01 M

    Calculation of volumes required to prepare dilute acetic acid solutions:

    C1V1 =C2V2
    0.1V = 0.02 ×100
    V=20 mL

    C1V1 =C2V2
    0.02V = 0.002×100
    V =10 mL

    C1V1=C2V2
    0.002V =0.0002×100
    V =10 mL

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    Concentration of Volume of solution Total volume of
    acetic acid/mol dm-3 used/____mL solution/____mL_
    0.02 20 100

    0.002 10 100

    0.0002 10 100

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    Calculations:
    Tabulated results:
    Concentration
    of acetic 0.1 0.02 0.002 0.0002 water
    acid/mol dm-3
    Conductivity/
    524 229 72.8 23.5 5.4
    _µScm-1______
    Corrected
    conductivity/ 512.7 512.7 61.2 13.5 5.4
    _______

    Λm/_______ 5.18×10-³ 1.078×10-² 3.06×10-² 6.75×10-²

    α 1 33×10-⁴ 2.76×10‐⁴ 7.83×10-⁴ 1.72×10-3

    Ka 1.77×10-⁹ 1.53×10-⁹ 1.22×10‐⁹ 5.98×10‐10

    Average Ka: ___1.27×10-⁹_____________

    Sample calculation:
    /\m= K/c
    =512.7×10-⁶/0.1
    =5.18×10-³

    X=/\m,c / /\m,0
    =5.18×10-³/36.05
    =1.33×10-⁴

    K= X² ×c
    =(1,33×10-⁴)²×0.1
    =1.77 ×10-⁹

    Value of Ka from literature:___1.75×10‐⁵


    Reference: internet Google
    Discussion:
    As acetic acid is a weak acid it does not dissociate Completely
    In a solution so it form ionic substance. The conductivity in ionic solution is a result of
    movement of ions within the solution. The results shows that Ka and Concentration are
    directly proportional to each other as when Concentration decreases Ka also decreases, thus
    the formula for Ka proves that. There is a high difference between literature of acetic acid
    and Average Ka and this maybe caused maybe by contamination during experiment.

    Conclusion:
    Ka of this experiment is highly different than that of the literature. This can mean that there

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    is something went wrong during the experiment. To get appropriate Ka I can repeat the
    experiment measuring perfectly not contaminating.

    References :

    1 Chem 230 Prac manual 2023


    2 P.W Atkins and J de Paula, Physical Chemistry 8rth edition Oxford University dress (2600)
    pg 14 to18.

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