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    Garib observed no color change when titrating vinegar with sodium hydroxide using methyl orange indicator. To explain this, an experiment was designed where vinegar would be titrated with sodium hydroxide using either methyl orange or phenolphthalein indicators. It was hypothesized that a color change would be observed with phenolphthalein but not methyl orange because the pH range for phenolphthalein's color change is suitable for this titration, unlike methyl orange. The experiment found that methyl orange showed no color change during titration as expected, while phenolphthalein did change color, supporting the hypothesis.

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    Garib observed no color change when titrating vinegar with sodium hydroxide using methyl orange indicator. To explain this, an experiment was designed where vinegar would be titrated with sodium hydroxide using either methyl orange or phenolphthalein indicators. It was hypothesized that a color change would be observed with phenolphthalein but not methyl orange because the pH range for phenolphthalein's color change is suitable for this titration, unlike methyl orange. The experiment found that methyl orange showed no color change during titration as expected, while phenolphthalein did change color, supporting the hypothesis.

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    Garib observed no color change when titrating vinegar with sodium hydroxide using methyl orange indicator. To explain this, an experiment was designed where vinegar would be titrated with sodium hydroxide using either methyl orange or phenolphthalein indicators. It was hypothesized that a color change would be observed with phenolphthalein but not methyl orange because the pH range for phenolphthalein's color change is suitable for this titration, unlike methyl orange. The experiment found that methyl orange showed no color change during titration as expected, while phenolphthalein did change color, supporting the hypothesis.

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    Garib observed no color change when titrating vinegar with sodium hydroxide using methyl orange indicator. To explain this, an experiment was designed where vinegar would be titrated with sodium hydroxide using either methyl orange or phenolphthalein indicators. It was hypothesized that a color change would be observed with phenolphthalein but not methyl orange because the pH range for phenolphthalein's color change is suitable for this titration, unlike methyl orange. The experiment found that methyl orange showed no color change during titration as expected, while phenolphthalein did change color, supporting the hypothesis.

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    Date: 12/08/2020

    Title: Titration

    Observation:
    Garib had to determine the ethanoic acid content of a commercial brand of vinegar by titration.
    She choose to titrate ethanoic acid with standardized sodium hydroxide using methyl orange
    indicator even though she had litmus, bromothymol blue and phenolphthalein indicators at her
    disposal. She observed no colour change with the methyl orange indicator. Plan and design an
    experiment to explain her observation.

    Hypothesis:
    There will be a colour change with Phenolphthalein but not Methyl orange because the pH for
    the colour change is suitable with Phenolphthalein but not Methyl orange.

    Aim:
    To determine if there will be a colour change with Phenolphthalein as compared to Methyl
    orange.

    Apparatus:

    1. 2 Conical flasks
    2. Burette
    3. Phenolphthalein
    4. Methyl Orange
    5. Measuring cylinder
    6. Sodium hydroxide
    7. Vinegar
    8. Tripod stand

    Diagram:
    Method:

    1. Obtain two conical flasks and label them 1 and 2.


    2. Obtain a burette and fill with 0.1 moldm-3 sodium hydroxide using a funnel.
    3. Using a measuring cylinder measure 25cm of vinegar and pour into each conical flask.
    4. Add 3 drops of phenolphthalein to the conical flask labelled 1.
    5. Titrate the components of conical flask one with the NaOH and record the colour
    changes.
    6. Repeat step 2-5 for the conical flask labelled 2 using methyl orange instead.

    Variables:
    Constant:

     The volume of vinegar used


     The molar concentration of sodium hydroxide used

    Responding:

     The colour change of the titration

    Manipulating:

     The type of indicator used

    Results: TABLE SHOWING THE COLOUR CHANGES USING THE DIFFERENT TYPES
    OF INDICATORS

    COLOUR BEFORE COLOUR AFTER


    INDICATOR
    TITRATION TITRATION

    METHYL ORANGE

    PHENOLPHTHALEIN
    Expected results:
    It is expected that there will be a colour change when using phenolphthalein as compared to
    methyl orange. This is because vinegar is a weak acid and NaOH is a strong base and since the
    pH of a titration changes depending on the reactants, using the correct indicator is important.
    Therefore you would need an indicator between a pH of 7 and 11. Phenolphthalein is suitable as
    its colour changes occur at 9.1 as compared to methyl orange which colour changes occur at 3.7.

    Sources of error:

    1. Human error in determining the end point of the titration.

    Precautions:

    1. Read the measuring cylinder and burette at eye level to avoid parallax error.
    2. Ensure that there are no bubbles in the tip of the burette and that it is filled.
    3. Add the sodium hydroxide slowly ensuring that you are swirling the conical flask.

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