{"id":1065,"date":"2025-05-08T17:32:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T17:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yaveni.com\/blog\/?p=1065"},"modified":"2025-05-08T17:32:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T17:32:02","slug":"it-takes-28-61-ml-of-0-216-m-sodium-hydroxide-solution-to-titrate-10-00-ml-of-sulfuric-acid-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/it-takes-28-61-ml-of-0-216-m-sodium-hydroxide-solution-to-titrate-10-00-ml-of-sulfuric-acid-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"It takes 28.61 mL of 0.216 M sodium hydroxide solution to titrate 10.00 mL of sulfuric acid solution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It takes 28.61 mL of 0.216 M sodium hydroxide solution to titrate 10.00 mL of sulfuric acid solution. What is the molarity of the sulfuric acid?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>The correct answer and explanation is :<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To find the molarity of the sulfuric acid (H\u2082SO\u2084) solution, we can use the concept of molarity and the balanced chemical equation for the titration reaction between sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and sulfuric acid (H\u2082SO\u2084).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 1: Write the balanced chemical equation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The balanced equation for the reaction between sodium hydroxide and sulfuric acid is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">$$<br>H_2SO_4 (aq) + 2NaOH (aq) \\rightarrow Na_2SO_4 (aq) + 2H_2O (l)<br>$$<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From this equation, we can see that 1 mole of sulfuric acid reacts with 2 moles of sodium hydroxide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 2: Use the titration formula<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The titration formula is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">$$<br>M_1 V_1 = M_2 V_2<br>$$<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>$M_1$ is the molarity of the sodium hydroxide solution<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>$V_1$ is the volume of the sodium hydroxide solution used<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>$M_2$ is the molarity of the sulfuric acid solution (this is what we&#8217;re trying to find)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>$V_2$ is the volume of the sulfuric acid solution<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are given:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>$M_1 = 0.216 \\, \\text{M}$ (molarity of NaOH)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>$V_1 = 28.61 \\, \\text{mL} = 0.02861 \\, \\text{L}$ (volume of NaOH solution)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>$V_2 = 10.00 \\, \\text{mL} = 0.01000 \\, \\text{L}$ (volume of H\u2082SO\u2084 solution)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 3: Adjust for the stoichiometric ratio<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the balanced equation, 2 moles of NaOH react with 1 mole of H\u2082SO\u2084, so we need to account for this ratio by dividing the volume of NaOH by 2 in the calculation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thus, the effective volume of NaOH is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">$$<br>V_1&#8242; = \\frac{V_1}{2} = \\frac{0.02861}{2} = 0.014305 \\, \\text{L}<br>$$<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 4: Solve for $M_2$, the molarity of sulfuric acid<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, using the titration formula, we substitute the values and solve for $M_2$:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">$$<br>M_1 V_1&#8242; = M_2 V_2<br>$$<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">$$<br>0.216 \\, \\text{M} \\times 0.014305 \\, \\text{L} = M_2 \\times 0.01000 \\, \\text{L}<br>$$<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">$$<br>M_2 = \\frac{0.216 \\times 0.014305}{0.01000}<br>$$<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">$$<br>M_2 = 0.309 \\, \\text{M}<br>$$<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Final Answer:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The molarity of the sulfuric acid solution is <strong>0.309 M<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this titration problem, we used the concept of molarity, the stoichiometric relationship between NaOH and H\u2082SO\u2084, and the titration formula to determine the molarity of the sulfuric acid solution. By adjusting the volume of NaOH for the 2:1 ratio with H\u2082SO\u2084 and applying the formula, we obtained the final result.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It takes 28.61 mL of 0.216 M sodium hydroxide solution to titrate 10.00 mL of sulfuric acid solution. What is the molarity of the sulfuric acid? The correct answer and explanation is : To find the molarity of the sulfuric acid (H\u2082SO\u2084) solution, we can use the concept of molarity and the balanced chemical equation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1065"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1066,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1065\/revisions\/1066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}